N2 Exclusion and Setting Aside

~をこめて: meaning, usage and examples

~をこめて means: with... / filled with... (emotion).

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 愛あいをこめて、手紙てがみを書かいた。

   I wrote a letter filled with love.

2. 心こころをこめて、料理りょうりを作つくる。

   I cook with all my heart.

3. 感謝かんしゃの気持きもちをこめて、先生せんせいに花束はなたばを贈おくりました。

   We gave our teacher a bouquet to show our gratitude.

4. 平和へいわへの願ねがいをこめて、子こどもたちが鶴つるを折おった。

   The children folded paper cranes with a wish for peace.

When to use it

Shows that a feeling or wish is put into an action or a thing: love, thanks, an apology, a prayer. 感謝かんしゃをこめて花はなを贈おくった means "I gave flowers to show my gratitude." The noun before it is almost always an emotion or intention, such as 心こころ, 愛あい, 感謝かんしゃ, 祈いのり, 願ねがい or 思おもい. Common in letters, gifts, speeches and songs.

Nuance

Warm and slightly formal; at home in writing, gift messages and speeches. Usually positive feelings, though 怒いかりをこめて is possible. It is never used for physical contents: sugar or salt go with 入いれて, not をこめて. Also written 込こめて.

Compare

をこめて puts feelings into an act: 心こころをこめて作つくる. をもって is a formal "by means of / with": 誠意せいいをもって対応たいおうする (deal with it sincerely). 入いれて is for physical things: 砂糖さとうを入いれて作つくる. If the noun is something you could hold in your hand, をこめて is wrong.

Tip: 込こめる means "to load, to pack in." Picture packing feelings into a gift. Before a noun use こめた: 心こころをこめたプレゼント.