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A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
Meaning & usage
A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish ají.
A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 鯵 (aji).
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.