"aji" meaning in English

See aji in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑˈhi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aji.wav Forms: ajis [plural], ajies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ají. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|ají}} Borrowed from Spanish ají Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|ajies}} aji (countable and uncountable, plural ajis or ajies)
  1. (uncountable) A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-aji-en-noun-7lw2QWQ9
  2. (countable, cooking) A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-aji-en-noun-inv6hiWU Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Japanese 鯵 (aji). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|鯵|tr=aji}} Japanese 鯵 (aji) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} aji (uncountable)
  1. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-aji-en-noun-jqailF8y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aji2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aji3.wav
enPR: ăʹ-jē, äʹ-jē Etymology: From Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|味|gloss=flavour|tr=aji}} Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} aji (uncountable)
  1. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Go
    Sense id: en-aji-en-noun-bs1GjLKB
  2. (go) Bad aji. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Go
    Sense id: en-aji-en-noun-iUgw3ID6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 4 23 45 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 22 8 5 22 43 Disambiguation of Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 0 1 4 7 6 2 6 11 3 4 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 4 5 4 5 4 1 2 3 10 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 0 0 7 5 1 1 4 9 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 7 7 7 7 0 1 2 8 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bad aji, good aji
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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  ],
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}

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