Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #979)

「だから先へ死ぬといふ理窟なのかね。すると己も御前より先にあの世へ行かなくつちやならない事になるね」

translation

"Is that why you want to die first? Then I will have to go to the other world before you."

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: a short while ago (さっき), a moment ago, just now, some time ago, point (さき) : death (し), death (タヒ), decease, decease, (an) out 理窟: theory (りくつ), reason, logic, (unreasonable) argument, strained logic : oneself (itself, etc.) (おのれ), I, me, you, by oneself (itself, etc.)
: world (よ), society, public, life, lifetime : line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) : thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident

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