父の病氣は最後の一撃を待つ間際迄進んで來て、其所でしばらく躊躇するやうに見えた。家のものは運命の宣告が、今日下るか、今日下るかと思つて、毎夜床に這入つた。
translation
His father's illness had progressed to the point where he was waiting for the final blow, and he seemed to hesitate for a while there. My family crawled into bed every night, wondering if the fate would come today or not.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 病氣: illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) (びょうき), disease, sickness, bad habit, bad behaviour | 最後: end (さいご), conclusion, last, final, latest | 一撃: blow (いちげき), hit, stroke |
| 其所: there (place relatively near listener) (そこ), there (place just mentioned), that place, then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised) | 躊躇: hesitation (ちゅうちょ), indecision, vacillation | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 家: house (いえ), residence, dwelling, family, household |
| 宣告: sentence (せんこく), verdict, pronouncement | 今日: today (きょう), today (こんじつ), today (こんち), today (こんにち), this day | 下: below (した), down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom | 毎夜: every evening (まいや), every evening (まいよ), every night, every night |