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利用しましたりようしました

riyoushimashita

polite past: did use

N3

How to remember this word

Once 利用 clicks, 利用しました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 利用 = useful use.

Example sentences

Example 1

konshuu no hajime ni riyoushimashita.

Use was done at the start of this week.

Example 2

omotta yori hayaku riyoushimashita.

Use finished sooner than expected.

Usage note

する-verb form of 利用 (use / utilization).