aji
A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onionsA spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
(countable)A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
(uncountable)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.
(uncountable)Bad aji.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish ají. Borrowed from Japanese 鯵 (aji). Borrowed from Japanese 味 (ajiBorrowed from Spanish ají.
Borrowed from Japanese 鯵 (aji).
Borrowed from Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”).
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Forms
plural: ajis / ajiesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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