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)?

>>909
The word "better" has a broad meaning so you can't faithfully translate the phrases without context. Here is one of many many possible answers:

Which is better? どちらの方が良いですか。
Is A better than B? AはBよりも良いですか。

The alternative translation by >>910 has a minor grammatical error. It should be どちらの方が上手ですか。