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)?

>>40
No, it means thanks, just like 37 and 38 explained above. It's a contraction of and kanji misconversion of お疲れさま.