味あじを占しめる

expression, ichidan verb

get a taste for; be encouraged by initial success; yearn for more

Idiomatic expression meaning to become motivated or emboldened after experiencing a small success, leading to a desire for more of the same. Often used when someone repeats an action because they found it rewarding.

• 一いち度ど勝かって味あじを占しめたのか、彼かれは毎まい日にちのように賭かけ事ごとをするようになった。

  Having gotten a taste for winning once, he started gambling almost every day.

• あの子こはテストで良よい点てんを取とって味あじを占しめ、今いまでは毎まい日にち勉べん強きょうしている。

  That kid got a taste for good grades after scoring well on a test, and now studies every day.