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めてWith feeling or force invested

めて says that someone deliberately puts a feeling, wish, care, meaning, concentration, or physical force into an action, message, performance, or object.

Deliberately putting something into an action

The noun before めて names what the person intentionally invests. The action after it must be a plausible way to carry or express that feeling, wish, or force.

Messages, performances, and physical effort

The carrier may be something communicated, something performed, or a physical action.

かんしゃめてせんせいがみきました。

I wrote my teacher a letter expressing my gratitude.

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かのじょいのりをめてさいきょくうたった。

She sang the final song with a prayer in her heart.

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ちからめてかたいふたをまわした。

I gripped the tight lid with force and twisted it.

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Describing the carrier

これは、かんしゃめたちいさなおくものです。

This is a small gift given with gratitude.

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めた directly modifies the gift and presents it as the carrier of the gratitude.

Deliberate feeling versus loss of control

めて presents controlled, deliberate investment. By contrast, まぎれに describes an impulsive action done while emotion overwhelms the person's control.

かれはらまぎれにつくえをたたいた。

Overcome by irritation, he struck the desk.

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This is uncontrolled emotional behavior, not the deliberate use taught on this page.

More examples

ぼうめてあたらしいかくはっぴょうした。

They announced the new project with hope for its future.

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しょくにんこころめてひとひとげた。

The craftsperson carefully finished each one with heartfelt attention.

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りょうちからめてロープをいた。

I put all my strength into both hands and pulled the rope.

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バンドはかんきゃくへのかんしゃめたえんそうでコンサートをめくくった。

The band closed the concert with a performance expressing gratitude to the audience.

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かのじょいかりをめて、「そのけっていにはなっとくできません」とった。

With deliberate anger, she said, “I cannot accept that decision.”

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どもたちはへいへのねがいをめてせんづるった。

The children folded a thousand paper cranes with a wish for peace.

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