bad aji

Meaning

Noun

• A lingering weakness in a player’s position in some part of the board, which may trouble them, especially by facilitating a later attack, by hampering their play there or by the effort required to repair it.

Related

Similar words

• aji (may also refer to other latent possibilities)

Origin

• From bad and Japanese 味, or perhaps directly from the Japanese expression 味が悪い (aji ga warui), literally “the flavour is bad”, i.e. “there is bad aji”