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)?

>>850 I still don't understand. You mean these?
光="kou" for On, "hikari" for Kun, and "pika" (as in 光宙=pikachuu)?
If so, you'd better not care about crazy nanori stuff.