Ah, remote work? So you're at home.

For the time being, huh?

The title is a little small but can you read it?

It's called " Practical Japanese Conversation for Business People"

this text comes with audio too.

So this here isn't a script or dialog or something

its an outline of the tasks we'd do?

Yeah, so we check after using this, or use it to practice

ok, ok. Sounds good.

Hey everyone, it's me, Loretta, from the channel KemushiChan!

So this is just a chill vlog at home

where I speak as much Japanese as possible!

First, let's turn these off!

I just finished my online lesson

so I don't need to have those bright lights on anymore

how do I say it...

I still have some weird holes in my Japanese

I tried to ignore it because normally I can speak fine

and it's not that I'm having trouble at work

especially since no one really expects me to speak at the exact level of a native speaker.

People say that to me but

I hate the idea of getting special treatment just because I'm not Japanese

that's just how I feel personally

so I'm going to chisel at this language thing a little harder.

I want to try harder at speaking business Japanese

and I also want more chances to speak Japanese at home

so that's why I restarted lessons today on italki.

If you guys want to try it out for yourself

there's always a link (with a discount) underneath my videos

so feel free to check it out

they also have trial lessons if you want to start from there!

I forgot how exhausting a formal lesson can be!

I mean obviously I had fun....but I'm a bit tired.

OH! Sorry, that's right. So this caramel latte tasting thing

I mean, it tastes like a caramel latte.

It's definitely sweet. Does this have caffeine?

There's 170 calories?! I'll tell you what's inside here!

OMG DOES THIS SAY MY NAME?!

GUYS LOOK I thought it had my name on it

Look, look here

Focus please.... ok here comes the focus...

See?! Doesn't it look like my name???

But instead of Loretta it says Lorraine???

Is that an area in France?

Apparently the rock salt in here is from there?

I mean, sure, today we're drinking Loretta salt!

So, for today, first I wanted to say thank you again

to all of you amazing people writing my subtitles!

We've had French, German, Japanese and Spanish...

Earthlinguist, Vee Bee and Jacob Holmes

These are the 3 all stars of the video!

Thank you ALWAYS for writing subtitles!!

So on my to-do list: Japanese Lesson - CHECK

Other than my lesson, the other main thing I wanted to do today

Today I'm going to practice making bento...

Deep fried tofu thing... pork wraps....rice...

veggies... wait what language am I writing in?!

nira (garlic chives) and ....egg?

It's BENTO TIME desu

Let's start with the deep fried tofu idea thing...

STEP ONE: chop the veggie (spinach)!

Kind of like...into strips?

PS, I'm not using any recipes today

SO PREPARE FOR CHAOS

Take the pork and wrap it up!

This is an electric pan so I just put them in

wait for them to grill, and then I'll add a sauce, I guess!

So the thing with bento is you're supposed to avoid watery/juicy things

I saw that avoiding condensation is a big tip for bento

I don't have a real recipe so I'll keep that in mind

and try to simmer/grill it on high heat so it sears

then set it out to rest

before making the next dish.

OK so let's make some kind of sauce

(adds 2 tablespoons-ISH of soy sauce)

adds a swirly-twirl of garlic puree

adds a tablespoon-ISH of cooking wine

and a salt-bae's pinch of sugar

so stir that around...

and push the pork wraps so they get in the sauce

So here's what it looks like when it's done!

OoOOoo Caramelize baby!

So next up!

This actually is the most important part!

These charred, burnt bits at the bottom now are FLAVOR

so DON'T WASH IT, this will be our base for the next dish

I really have no idea about this next one!

I always end up just looking at pictures of food

then I study how the end photo looks

and make up the recipe on my own from there

So let's turn the heat back on...

(add water to deglaze, I used about 200cc )

I'm really making this up.

about 50 cc of cooking wine again...

and.. THE LAST OF MY SOY SAUCE ?!?!

whatever. Some 20 cc er something.

Squiggle of garlic!

and a tablespoonish of sugar!

We'll add some of this too! It's kelp based broth powder

I always use kombu dashi when I cook vegan food for Taylor

so at the moment... I only have this vegan kombu broth

This is aburage...deep fried tofu skin

Cut it in half and it should open like a pocket

It should be a pocket....

IT'S NOT POCKET. I have to cut it myself...

I bought the wrong one...

Er, maybe I can use this after all?

I thought this was the premade kind that's already like a pocket

like the ones that they sell for inari-zushi

BUT I BOUGHT THE WRONG ONE

Whatever, I made a pocket!

OK, so watch me get crazy with this now

I dropped that egg RIGHT IN THERE

and since we had some spinach leftover

I'll just put some in here too

I reallllyyyy hope this idea works!

Ack, I broke it!

Well, here's the first pocket-y thing

So take your pocket thingys...

and toss them in-SOY-d

toss them inside...

in-SOY-d. Get it? Made a vegan joke!

Then let it simmer on medium!

I feel like maybe I should show what my american-ish bento boxes look like...

especially for my Japanese audience

they probably just think I'm butchering Japanese food

maybe this is boring to them...

they might like it if I showed them my USA-bento!

WTF is an American bento anyway?

A sandwich and an apple?!

Aw man, I really want to have a big kitchen one day...

Here's the trash...

Actually, not trash

These bits are great for making vegetable stock!

So... cutting these into like 3cm strips

I can't fry normal pans here

So I'm just going to scramble this in the kitchen really fast

BRB

Maybe it needs more sauce?

This is something I made the other day

This is blue cheese dressing that I made

So in a real bento, you wouldn't want to put a loose sauce, or a MILKY sauce directly into the box

You should use a little container like this or something

but I'm lazy today so NOPE

We throwin it RIGHT IN

Hmm... running out of space...

Aw man, it looks so good!!

I guess.... that's it then??

This is the one I was worried about!

You know, the one that was vegan-friendly before I dropped the eggs inSoYdE

(instagram mode)

Please taste!

I'm sure you're sick of this background now

so this thing here was SUPPOSED to be a Christmas present

I went on a work trip (completely unrelated to YouTube)

where I was in Northern Japan for like.... weeks on end

and since my dad really likes flashlights

I forget the word in Japanese but my dad is a sound engineer

So he's always working with machines and oodles of noodling cords all around

so he has these tiny flashlights

I mean a lot of people just use their phone flashlights

but my dad always has one on his belt

so that he can have it out at any point

so I got him a....

OOPS, WAIT! Mk, I'm not going to translate what it is exactly

Yeah, ok, let's keep this a surprise...

[ SECRETSECRETSECRET ]

I wanted to give him this SECRET

but I forgot I had it inside this bag!!!

so before Japan shuts off its borders any further

I want to call if the post office is still mailing abroad

Thank you for calling, this is the post office.

I had a quick question about international shipping

Sure!

Is it still possible to send mail to the U.S.?

It would take us a verrrrrry long time to process.

Is this because EMS service is down?

Actually, for all international mail sent out from Japan

Mmhmm?

We can take the package for you, but we can't confirm the day when we'll be able to actually ship it out

Ahh.... like you'd just end up holding it there?

Yes, that's correct.

I see...... ughh...

Well...er... I ... mk. Got it.

We apologize!

I understand. Thank you, anyway!

They said no!

Seriously how am I going to get this kabazaiku to him...

this is seriously so grim.

I swear everyday is another depressing piece of news!

I want to send it...

This one too, it's so cute

This is a real, cast-iron skillet made by a craft iron-maker

if you hold it like this it becomes a beer opener.

and I bought a few of these too

I bought this direct from a famous iron tea-kettle factory in Odate.

but I forgot to send this one too and it's all my faultttt

This is so sad.

PS, while I was cleaning I found this too!

Look at it go!

This was in the last piece of mail your dad sent us!

Wind it up like thissss

then hide it in something...

OK I think I'm losing it a little...

Loretta: Inspired by new JOKER movie dance Lily: *training her army crawl*

OK guys, so this is the end!

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