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)?

What's the usual reading and meaning behind 己? I see it often but it just has so many meanings. I tried googling 「己」読み方 but I didn't have too much luck, about 3 pages in I saw おのれ though, but the context was kinda weird, not to mention there's still tons of different meanings for おのれ

How do you usually find correct readings to kanji when there are multiple pronunciations? I'd imagine my method would work a lot better on rarer kanji that Japanese themselves might have trouble with..