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)?

In Japanese, if something is too much, they say XXすぎる. If something's a little too much, they say ちょっとXXすぎる.

If I wanted to say that something was way too much, how would I say it? Would it be とてもXXすぎる?

Thanks!