心から|こころからkokorokara[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. adverbfrom the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
   彼かれは心こころから彼女かのじょを迎むかえた。↗

   He greeted her with cordiality.

• Synonym本当にほんとうにNeutralNeutral. Means really, truly — stressing degree or fact. 「心から」 instead stresses emotion felt from the heart.
• Synonym切にせつにWrittenWritten style: earnestly, fervently, for heartfelt hopes or pleas, as in 「切に願う」. 「心から」 stresses sincere feeling rather than eager desire.
• Synonym衷心よりFormalFormal, for speeches and letters, as in 「衷心よりお祝い申し上げます」. 「心から」 is the more everyday choice.
• Antonym表面的にWrittenWritten style: only on the surface, not from the heart — the direct opposite of 「心から」.

Use 「心から」 for heartfelt thanks or congratulations. In formal speeches or letters pick 「衷心より」; for earnest hopes, 「切に」; to stress that something is really true, 「本当に」. 「表面的に」 is the opposite: surface only, not sincere.

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1. 本当ほんとうの気持きもちで。