Japanese - Ask questions thread

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To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

>>882
I'd say 新しく越してきた人 or, in formal language, 先日越して来られた方 (senjitsu koshite korareta kata).

>>884
Somehow I feel 新入者 is less common. But I often hear 新入り (shin iri), which means a newcomer or new face. This sounds a bit informal though.