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)?

Is there any way to know how a kanji is read? I know that they have the 音読み (chinese reading) and the　訓読み (Japanese reading, but sometimes multiple readings)

From what I've seen, it seems like the chinese reading is usually paired in kanji combinations where japanese readings are usually solo but it doesn't appear to always be the case. If this can never be clear, is there a website that talks about which are the more popular ones or something?