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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Thank you for the explanation. My next question would be about the ubiquitous final ～じゃない and its variants. Got a webpage that explains that? My book only says "～んじゃないですか: used when asking if what the speaker thinks correct is in fact true".