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)?

Japanese is an ambiguous language. With a limited number of sounds (except loan words), and with many similar sounding words that might change the meaning entirely, I think it's safe to say it is an ambiguous language. It's just not a matter of omitting words that makes it such.