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

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thank you for your detailed explanation. what confuses me is that it also seems to be used as an affirmation.

examples from space ALC http://www.alc.co.jp/index.html
#   ただの猫じゃん。
      It's just a cat.
#   「簡単じゃん」「これのどこが簡単なんだ！」
      "It's simple." "(Do) you call this simple?"
#   気にすることないじゃない。／へこたれないで。
      Don't let it get to you.〔〈用法〉悩んでいる人に〕
#    頑張ってるじゃない。／やるじゃない。
       Good going.

reading them is not so bad but the confusion (for me) arises when the lines are spoken aloud (without doubt/asking for confirmation)