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指示しましたしじしました

shijishimashita

polite past: did instruction

N3

How to remember this word

Under the surface, 指示しました is still 指示 — same image, new grammar around it: 指示 = instructions from above.

Example sentences

Example 1

senpai ni soudan shite kara shijishimashita.

We finished instruction after asking a senior colleague.

Example 2

kaeru mae ni ichido shijishimashita.

We did instruction once before going home.

Usage note

する-verb form of 指示 (instruction).