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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Do you not know what 'mou' or 'nee' means?
No, I don't. I asked about "moo" preciously, but I'm not buying that
"moe", meaning "cute",
"moo", meaning what the cows say, and
"mou", meaning "again, already, more, soon",
is the same expression. If anything, it seems to express some kind of confusion.

I've desparately tried searching for both "moo" and "nee" expressions on the net and in databases, coming up empty. (Sure, "nee" could mean "sister", but there is no mention of a sister in "Nee, okaasan-tara.".)