aji
Pronunciation: /ɑˈhi/
The English word “aji” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
- A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
- A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
- The ‘flavour’ 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.
- Bad aji.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ají.
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