āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
AJI
Etymology 1
Noun
aji (uncountable)
A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
Etymology 2
Noun
aji (uncountable)
A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
Etymology 3
Noun
aji (uncountable)
(go) bad aji
(go) The āflavourā of a position, i.e. the extent to which it has lingering possibilities such as bad aji which may not be exploitable when they first arise yet still influence further play; good aji generally means there are few weaknesses.
Usage notes
The sense of ālingering possibilitiesā is more basic but probably less common.
Anagrams
• JIA, Jai, Jia
Source: Wiktionary
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