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

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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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