last move; final play
Used in board games such as Go and Othello to refer to the final move of the game.
碁の対局で、手止まりを打って終局した。
In the game of Go, they played the last move and the game ended.
Compound of 手 (move) and 止まり (stopping), literally 'move-stopping'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with the final move in board games.