plural of aji

plural of aji

(uncountable) A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions. / (countable, cooking) A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.

A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus

(go) 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.

(go) 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.