inanimate object; non-living thing
Refers to things without life, often used in contrast with 生物 (living things). Common in scientific, philosophical, and everyday contexts.
石や水は無生物です。
Stones and water are inanimate objects.
無生物を生物と区別するのは簡単そうで難しい。
Distinguishing inanimate objects from living things seems easy but is difficult.
In this grammar, even robots are sometimes treated as inanimate objects.