を込めてputting feeling into
You put a feeling into something you make, say or do: thanks into a letter, a wish into a paper crane. With 力, what you put in is strength.
I wrote my teacher a letter full of thanks.
This is a small gift, with my thanks.
Before an action
Noun + を込めて
Often written をこめて.
Before a noun
Noun + を込めた + noun
- Before it
- A feeling, a wish or strength, and mostly one of a handful: 心, 気持ち, 感謝, 愛情, 願い, 思い, 力.
- After it
- Something that can carry it: writing, singing, making, giving, saying.
- Where you'll meet it
- Cards, letters, speeches, shop signs, songs. 心を込めて is everyday.
- On a card
- It can close a message by itself: 感謝を込めて, "with thanks"; 愛を込めて, "with love".
The ones you'll meet
心を込めてwith care; with all your heart
The craftsman finished each piece with great care.
願いを込めてwith a wish
The children folded a thousand paper cranes with a wish for peace.
愛情を込めてwith love
Every morning my mother made my lunch with love.
力を込めてputting your strength into it
I put my strength into both hands and pulled on the rope.
Where the strength goes takes に.
怒りを込めてwith anger
"I cannot accept that decision," she said, with anger in her voice.
The feeling doesn't have to be a kind one.
心を込めた or 心のこもった?
I sent a letter I had put my heart into.
You put the feeling in.
I got a heartfelt letter.
The feeling is in it. This is the usual way to describe what someone gave you.
Close neighbours
込むN3
Another verb. After a verb stem it adds "in": jump in, write in.
At the signal, the athlete dove into the pool.
Check yourself
1Which one fits?
これは、
Choose an answer to see why.
2"She made this cake with great care."
彼女は
Choose an answer to see why.
More detail
When a name, a custom or a dish is explained, it is turned around: a wish が込められている, "has been put into" it.
My name carries my parents' hopes for me.
More sentences
She sang the final song with a prayer in her heart.
The band closed the concert with a performance full of gratitude to the audience.
I put my strength into it and twisted the tight lid.