Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #1208)

「何うせ死ぬんだから、旨いものでも食つて死ななくつちや」

translation

"I'm going to die anyway, so I'll eat delicious food and not die."

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing : death (し), death (タヒ), decease, decease, (an) out : principle (むね), aim, main purpose, central part, pillar : food (し), food (しょく), food (じき), foodstuff, foodstuff

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