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を込こめて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 力ちから, what you put in is strength.

Before an action

Noun + を込こめて

Often written をこめて.

Before a noun

Noun + を込こめた + noun

Before it
A feeling, a wish or strength, and mostly one of a handful: 心こころ, 気き持もち, 感かん謝しゃ, 愛あい情じょう, 願ねがい, 思おもい, 力ちから.
After it
Something that can carry it: writing, singing, making, giving, saying.
Where you'll meet it
Cards, letters, speeches, shop signs, songs. 心こころを込こめて is everyday.
On a card
It can close a message by itself: 感かん謝しゃを込こめて, "with thanks"; 愛あいを込こめて, "with love".

The ones you'll meet

心こころを込こめてwith care; with all your heart

The craftsman finished each piece with great care.

願ねがいを込こめてwith a wish

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

力ちからを込こめてputting your strength into it

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

Where the strength goes takes に.

怒いかりを込こめてwith anger

"I cannot accept that decision," she said, with anger in her voice.

The feeling doesn't have to be a kind one.

心こころを込こめた or 心こころのこもった?

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.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

これは、感かん謝しゃの気き持もち(  )花はな束たばです。

Choose an answer to see why.

2"She made this cake with great care."

彼かの女じょは(  )を込こめて、このケーキを作つくった。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

When a name, a custom or a dish is explained, it is turned around: a wish が込こめられている, "has been put into" it.

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