Question about "Owari"

Japanese Language
1

Hi, I’m a new Japanese learner at level 2 on WaniKani. While doing some exercises, I noticed that the word おわり(owari) was used in respect to “end of ”. From my knowledge of history, I know that Oda Nobunaga, one of my favorite historical Japanese figures, was known as the “Fool of Owari” in English. I was wondering if there was any connection between the word owari in my lessons and the region of Owari in the Sengoku period. Does Owari always mean “end”, or is this just a case of two words being pronounced the same but meaning something different?

I would have searched this question online, but tbh I wasn’t quite sure where to look for answers. If anyone has suggestions about where to find information about this kind of thing, I’d be quite grateful!

TY,

SoujiSupporter
2

No, it’s not spelt the same. Owari Province is 尾張. Haven’t been able to work out exactly where the province got its name from, but it’s not 終わり.

3

Thank you for the clarification!

4

What you’ll realize, if you haven’t already, is that Japanese has a shit-ton of homophones. Possibly the most of any language iirc. So you’ll run into a lot of instances like this