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採用しましたさいようしました

saiyoushimashita

polite past: did hiring

N3

How to remember this word

Do not learn 採用しました from zero: it carries 採用 inside it. Hold on to 採用 = company chooses and the rest is grammar.

Example sentences

Example 1

senshuu yatto saiyoushimashita.

Hiring finally finished last week.

Example 2

jikan wa kakarimashita ga, buji ni saiyoushimashita.

It took time, but hiring finished without trouble.

Usage note

する-verb form of 採用 (hiring).