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Meaning

Noun

  • A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
  • A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus (species)
  • bad 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.

Origin

  • From Japanese 鯵.
  • From Japanese 味.

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