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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If they're saying it means 'Thanks', or the like, doesn't it make sense just like that? Saying thankyou for the image on the board? Or did you see it in the context of there not being an image yet?