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)?

Ah, that's very interesting. So when is アメリカ　used and when is 米国 used? Is 亜米利加 even used at all? I've never seen it to refer to the US. Are US citizens 米国人? Or only アメリカ人 can be used?