Atari

Perhaps Atari is best translated as 'danger' or 'in a dangerous position'. The term is Japanese and originally applied to a state in the game of Go but can utilized for other games as well. In Go, it is a situation where a counter (there called a stone) has only one liberty left and may be captured on the next turn if no action is taken to modify its situation. It can be a verb for the act of placing a chain under atari, as well as an adjective to describe the status of a unit, as being "in (the state of) atari". It is sometimes considered similar to the action of placing the king under check or checkmate in Chess but it is not mandatory to call out when placing an opposing counter or counters in atari. It is actually considered rude to do so when playing Go.