Since she had a conflict with her father, Sen TSUDA around this time, she stayed at Ito's house to work as his English teacher and an interpreter where she learned Japanese from Utako and began teaching English at 'Toyo Girls' School.'
このころ父・津田仙との確執もあったことから、梅子は伊藤への英語指導や通訳のため雇われて伊藤家に滞在、歌子からは日本語を学び、「桃夭女塾」へ英語教師として通う。