Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese family living room, a child has pulled the entire basket of mandarins against their stomach. Both arms curve protectively around the fruit, and their chin rests on the topmost mandarin.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

独ひとり占じめ

hitorijime

to have all to oneself

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょはその広ひろい部屋へやを独ひとり占じめした。

    She had the large room to herself.

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  2. 彼かれはこの広ひろい部屋へやを独ひとり占じめしている。

    He has this large room to himself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. なに独ひとり占じめしてんのよ！私わたしのも残のこしといてよ。

    Hey, don’t hog them all up! Leave some for me, too.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 独占

  • 独single; aloneOnドク・トクKunひとり
  • 占fortune-telling; diviningOnセンKunしめる・うらなう

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