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

いる＝生きているもの
ある＝生きていないもの

いない＝このところで存在していないもの。（生きている・生きていた）
ない＝もの（生きていない、でも死んでいない）はここに存在していない。

人が死んだときは・・・「いなくなりました」と言います。

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IRU = Living thing
ARU = Non-living thing

INAI = An "thing" that does not exist in the current place (living or was living/is now dead)
NAI = A thing (non-living, but not dead) that is not in the current place.

When a person has died you say "INAKU NARIMASHITA" <-- "has become no longer living" when using IRU/INAI