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)?

can someone explain what direct object means? I know it's を and it comes after that, but I'm not even sure what direct object is. I always thought it was just an item, but then I hear it used after the word "you" and such so that doesn't make sense