atari

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɑːˌɹi/

atari (plural atari or ataris or ataries)

1. (game of Go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the equivalent word would be check, before check-mate happens
   • 1990 May 25: Jonathan Buss, Watanabe vs Buss, moves 15-17, rec.games.go,

     In situations like this, beginners often make the mistake of giving an atari, which strengthens only the opponent.

   • 2003: Peter Shotwell, Go! More Than a Game

     ... White responds with an atari of her own ...

   • 2004: John Fairbairn, Invitation to Go

     The important thing to note is that playing the simple atari first fails ...

• Arita, Taira, aarti, arati, atria, raita, riata, taira, tarai, tiara

atari

1. gateway, doorway, portal

Abbreviation of ammatti- ja taparikollisuus.

atari

1. (chiefly as modifier in compound terms) professional and habitual crime

• atariyksikkö

• Raita, aarit, atria, itara, raati, raita, ritaa, taari, taira, tiara

atari

1. Rōmaji transcription of あたり

atari

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of atart