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心を込めて (こころをこめて) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

心こころを込こめて

Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

1

expression

wholeheartedly; with all one's heart

Expresses doing something with sincere feeling, care, or devotion. Often used as an adverbial phrase modifying a verb.

心こころを込こめて手て紙がみを書かいた。
I wrote the letter with all my heart.
彼かの女じょは心こころを込こめて歌うたを歌うたった。
She sang the song wholeheartedly.

Written forms

心こころを込こめて
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
心こころをこめて
Kana-mixed spelling; common in less formal writing.
心こころを籠こめて
Uses the less common kanji 籠; rarely seen in modern writing.

Kanji

心heart, mind, spirit
込crowded, mixture, in bulk

籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself

Similar words

一いっ生しょう懸けん命めい
Emphasizes effort and hard work, while 心を込めて focuses on emotional sincerity and heartfelt intention.
真ま心ごころを込こめて
A more formal and emphatic version meaning 'with utmost sincerity'; 心を込めて is more common in everyday use.

Etymology

A set phrase composed of 心 (heart, mind), the object marker を, the continuative form of 込める (to put into), and the conjunctive particle て. Literally 'putting one's heart into it'.