先生が先へ死ぬか、奧さんが早く亡くなるか、固より私に判斷のつくべき問題ではなかつた。私はたゞ笑つてゐた。
translation
Whether the teacher died first or the wife died early was not an issue that I should have decided on. I just laughed.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 先: a short while ago (さっき), a moment ago, just now, some time ago, point (さき) | 死: death (し), death (ﾀﾋ), decease, decease, (an) out | 奧: inner part (おく), interior, back (of a drawer, one’s throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave) |
| 亡: death (ぼう), the late, the deceased | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 笑: laugh (わらい), laughter, smile, sneer, sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.) |