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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You've never heard of the forbidden passages of Sispuri.swf? I gets posted on /f/ from time to time. It is rumoured that if translated into english, these texts would release unclean asian spirits upon the world, driving any listeners insane from terror.

Oh, so it does make sense then? I still think it ties into "nara", though. Feel free to point out any mistakes I've made.