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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I forgot to mention that *moe* manga that exist mainly for fanservice can be regarded as kinda Hentai in Japan. So if you say you're interested in Negima and such, people think you're an otaku fag (assuming they know the titles you mentioned). Also, not everyone in Japan knows what light novels are. I'm not sure how many Japanese are familiar with the term "light novel," but I don't think it's very popular. People who have no clue about light novels probably don't read other books either, and light novels may sound like normal novels to them. But if you show them such a book containing illustrations drawn in the moe style, probably they'd think it's for otaku just like moe fanservice manga.