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)?

couple questions

why arent kanjis always used? e.g. いう over 言う

and
how do you write peoples names when typing in Japanese? e.g. one's name is kattou, you can't simply just type kattou and hit space bar to get 甲藤, you will only get the word and not the name

is the only way of doing it is typing like kinoe + numberous space hits, then fuji + space?