In the play “ The Music Lessons” by Wakako Yamauchi two of the main characters are in engaged in a dialogue which is common for a mother and a daughter to have. In act two, scene four, Chizuko and Aki seem to express frustration to each other after Aki coming home late after a music lesson with Kaoru. Chizuko knows something is very wrong for her young daughter spending so much time with a grown man, causes her to be so upset with Aki: “CHIZUKO: I mean other people! How do you think it looks: you all the time in a man’s room?” (2,4). For a mother, trying to get through to her daughter is a very frustrating task. It’s hard for Chizuko to show Aki that all he