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順位戦A級,挑戦者決定はプレーオフへ!etc.

本日の将棋棋戦

順位戦A級最終局,近藤誠也八段(9)vs糸谷哲郎八段(10)戦が最初に終局。
近藤誠也八段が勝利して,糸谷八段は永瀬拓矢九段の結果待ちとなりました。
続いて,中村太地八段(7)vs増田康宏八段(5)戦が終局,中村八段が負けて,
中村八段の降級が決まりました。
豊島将之九段vs佐々木勇気八段戦()は豊島九段の勝利。
永瀬九段(1)vs佐藤天彦九段(2)戦は天彦九段が勝利。
名人戦挑戦者はプレーオフ,永瀬九段vs糸谷八段戦の勝者となります。

順位戦A級
7勝2敗 永瀬九段(1), 糸谷八段(10)

6勝3敗 豊島九段(6), 近藤八段(9)
5勝4敗 増田八段(5)
4勝5敗 勇気八段(4), 千田翔太八段(8)
3勝6敗 天彦九段(2)

2勝7敗 中村八段(7)
1勝8敗 渡辺明九段(3:休場)

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エンゲル係数 44年ぶりの高水準
FOOD RATIO OF JAPAN'S HOUSEHOLD SPENDING AT 44-YEAR HIGH

high noun
uk /haɪ/ us /haɪ/
high noun (ABOVE AVERAGE)
[C] a higher level than has ever been reached previously:
all-time high Interest rates have reached an all-time high.
record high The temperature of 36 degrees Celsius was a record high for May.

gauge verb [T] (US also gage)
uk /ɡeɪdʒ/ us /ɡeɪdʒ/
gauge verb [T] (MEASURE)
to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device:
Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.
I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.

affluence noun [U]
uk /ˈæf.lu.əns/ us /ˈæf.lu.əns/
the state of having a lot of money or owning many things:
What we are seeing increasingly is a society of private affluence and public squalor.
The nation's affluence has made two- and even three-car families the norm.
Most Americans continue to enjoy considerable affluence.
Increasing affluence has led to many consuming a diet with more processed food than fresh vegetables.
This city doesn't enjoy the typical suburban affluence that other areas do.

attribute something to someone/something
phrasal verb with attribute verb
uk /əˈtrɪb.juːt/ us /əˈtrɪb.juːt/
C2 to say or think that something is caused by a particular thing or person:
She attributes her symptoms to a tick bite that gave her Lyme disease six years ago.
To what do you attribute this delay?
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Which of these U.S. National Parks was established on this date in 1919?

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Grand Canyon
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Grand Teton

All of these National Parks were established on February 26, but the one signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 was Grand Canyon.

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