aji /ɑˈhi/noun 2/ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/ noun 3forms 2 noun2 •A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt. — 1997 •A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.In Peru the consumption of aji is greater than that of salt[…] — 1847 aji /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/ noun3 •A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicusAlthough 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. — 2010 •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. •Bad aji. formsajies · ajis
