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 ā€˜flavourā€™ 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 ā€œlingering possibilitiesā€ is more basic but probably less common.

Anagrams

• JIA, Jai, Jia

Source: Wiktionary



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