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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I think Anonymous answer is pretty clear. There is absolutely no need to go into details, a direct object is a direct object. It works exactly the same in Japanese and English. You can still read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_(grammar)
And if it's still not clear to you, maybe you should try learning something less than difficult than a foreign language.