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)?

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Reading manga is popular even among adults and totally acceptable unless it's Hentai or loli/pedo. No one says like "lol you're still reading comics." As for anime, pretty much every young kid watches at least some Shounen/Shoujo such as DBZ, One Piece and whatnot. It's OK for adults to enjoy family anime like some Ghibli. But, not as in manga, you'd be considered childish/perverted if you say you're interested in other kind of anime, let alone Hentai. Light novels are for totally otaku fags. Average normal Japanese don't read light novels even if he/she reads manga.