心こころを込こめて

Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

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.

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Kanji

心heart, mind, spirit
込crowded, mixture, in bulk
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself

Related words

真ま心ごころを込こめて
真心を込めて is a more formal, emphatic phrase meaning 'with utmost sincerity', while 心を込めて is the everyday way to say the same thing.
一いっ生しょう懸けん命めいN4
一生懸命 stresses effort and hard work toward a goal, whereas 心を込めて stresses sincere, heartfelt feeling in doing something.

Built from

心こころ+込こめる

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.

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'.