- 独り占め
- ひとりじめ
monopoly* * *ひとりじめ【独り占め】*monopoly[a/the ~]〔…の点での/…の/…する〕独占(権), 専売(権);ひとり占め〔in/of, on/to do〕.◇ → 独り占めする* * *ひとりじめ【一人占め・独り占め】(a) monopoly. [=どくせん2 1]●ひとり占めにする monopolize; have 《the news》 to oneself; 《口》 hog 《the limelight, the headlines》
・あれもこれもひとり占めにしようとする He tries to have everything to [for] himself. | He tries to be at the center of everything.
・彼は手柄をひとり占めにした. He took all the credit for himself.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.