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)?

How the fuck do you talk to someone in Japanese when you don't know their name?

Like saying "you" is impolite, and let's say you don't want to ask for their name just to fucking talk to them

Omae is impolite, anata is just weird, and a lot of the time just reserved for old ladies for a way to say "dear"