母は私が大學を卒業したのを、嫁でも貰つたと同じ程度に、重く見てゐるらしかつた。
translation
My mother seemed to take my graduation from university as seriously as if I had been given a wife.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 母: mother (あも), mother (いろは), mother (おも), mother (かか), mother (はは) | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 大學: university (だいがく), college, former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators), the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) | 卒業: graduation (そつぎょう), completion (of a course), moving on (from), outgrowing (something), leaving (a group, company, etc.) |
| 同: the same (どう), the said, likewise | 程度: degree (ていど), amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number) | 重: chief (おも), main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen) | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |