Meaning of aji | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
   uncountable
2. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
3. 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
4. A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
   countable
5. Bad aji.
   uncountable

Examples

“In Peru the consumption of aji is greater than that of salt[…]”

“Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt.”

“Although aji are found in temperate waters around the world, if you have the fish in a sushi-ya here, it almost certainly was caught and frozen in Japan.”

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