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)?

I don't know how it is with Japanese, but with English, not being my native language, I found myself deducting the meaning of words fairly easily while my vocabulary still was very limited.

I'm not sure if it's the context being clear or etymology of words helping out, but I'm wondering if it's the same for people learning Japanese?