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

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From "kanji-search":

かける (kakeru) - to dial (e.g. phone)
- to start doing something (but not finish)
- to turn on
 
懸ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (v1) to hang
- to construct
- to offer (as a prize)
- to put (one's life) on the line
- to sit
 
掛ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (1) to wear
- (2) to sit down
- (3) to make a phone call
- (4) to multiply
- (5) to turn on (a switch)
- (6) to begin to
- (7) to pour (water)
- to cover
- to hang
- to play (a record)
- to put on
 
架ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - to hang
 
欠ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (v1) to be lacking
 
翔ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (io) (v1) to soar
- to fly
 
翔る (kakeru)
かける (kakeru) - (v5r) to soar
- to fly
 
賭ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (v1) to wager
- to bet
- to gamble
- to risk
- to stake
 
駆ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (v1) to run (race, esp. horse)
- to canter
- to gallop
 
駈ける (kake ru)
かける (kakeru) - (v1) to run
- to advance
- to gallop