「想いをこめて」？

[eriku]

はじめまして、みんなさん！
エリックです。よろしくお願いします。

This is my first post on JapanesePod101 and I think it's super fantastic.
I'm really excited to be here and to be studying Japanese again, after a 3 year hiatus.

Anyway, I've got an autograph card from 東馬由美 (Touma Yumi, a Japanese voice actress for ああっ女神さまっ) and the message she wrote is 「あなたへ想いをこめて」.

I asked a couple of my Japanese friends and they had a little trouble translating it into English. They suggested "Thanks for your support" and "Cordially".

Could someone help?

どうもありがとうございました。

[padrik]

「あなたへ想いをこめて」. hmm, was there kanji for こめて or just hiragana..

possibly: "Including my thoughts (for/to) you" Anyone else have an idea??

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[eriku]

Only hiragana for こめて... then a little heart

Thanks!

[Cielo]

Japanese correspondence has some traditional closing salutations such as お体に気をつけてください（O-karada ni ki wo tsukete kudasai）, which means "Please take care of yourself".

Since Japanese has been heavily influenced by English, you also have some closing salutations that are translations of those from English. Examples include:

愛をこめて　(ai wo komete) "with love"
あなたのとも　(anata no tomo) "your friend"
あなたへ想いをこめて (anata he omoi wo komete)　"with love to you"

Hope this helps.

[eriku]

Wow! Fantastic!
Cieloさん、まことにどうもありがとうございました。