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)?

when do guys use the particle わ? I know that there's a similar one for girls only, but it can also be used by guys too, in example, I just heard a guy say, "もう少し寝るわ"