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Preface
序文

-

'

Non-
非

playing

Shogi

Fan

'

Declaration
宣言

★

The

Information

Revolution
情報革命

and

globalization
グローバル化

,

a

growing

trend
高まる傾向

from

the

end
～の終り

of

the

20

th

Century

,

have

made

our

society
社会

more

complex
複合的な

,

accelerating
加速する

changes
変更

to

our

lives

and

communication

speed

among
互いに

ourselves

as
～と同様に

well

as

evolutionalizing

how

we

work

.

★

If

we

want

to

be

successful
成功する

as

a

professional
専門的な

-

whatever

it

is

,

we

have

to

spend
時間を過ごす

further
それ以上の

time

on

enhancing
拡張する

our

professional
専門技能

skills

than

we

used

to

a

decade
十年間

ago

.

★

Like

it

or

not

,

that

is

the

reality
現実

you

have

to

live
～と一緒に生活する

with

,

which

is

no

different

when

you

really
実際

want

to

enjoy
楽しむ

something

in

any

of

your

interest

.

★

Shogi

is

a

culture
文化

,

deeply
深く

rooted
根づく

in

Japanese
日本の

society
社会

and

souls
魂

.

★

It

has

fascinated
魅惑する

and

excited
興奮させる

many

students
学生

?

children

?

people

?,

especially
特に

when

they

are

in

their

elementary
初歩の

and

middle
中間の

school
学年

years

.

★

However
しかしながら

,

as

they

grew
成長する

up

,

those

,

who

had

been

big

fans

of

shogi

,

tended
～する傾向がある

to

spend
時間を過ごす

less
ますます～ない

and

less

time

on

it

and

eventually
いつかは

ended
終わる

up

being

away
離れて

from

it

,

because

they

just

became

too

busy
～で忙しい

with

their

own
自分自身の

careers

-

which

is

what

normally
通常

happens
起こる

when

we

grow
成長する

up

.

★

I

myself
自分

was

one

of

them

,

and

I

guess
推測する

many

others
ほかの

must

be

the

same

.