Japanese - Ask questions thread

Basically if you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.

To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

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very important person? no clue

to clear up all the purin purin thing:
purin is the sound effect for something that is soft, smooth, and bounces back when pressed, the best example is a young womans cheek, it is often used in CM's for makeup

it also means pudding