- 一人占め
- 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.