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)?

I have encountered a song titled 「どんなときも」I was wondering what exactly that means. I've tried to conclude that the title's meaning has something to do with "What kind of time (also)"- but not only does that seem stupid, I can't imagine a context in which you would use a phrase like this either. Also, considering that the entire song title is specifically written out in hiragana, perhaps the "とき" isn't supposed to mean "time" at all... some clarification would be appreciated!