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bad aji

bad aji noun: 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.

Noun

bad aji (uncountable)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    aji

Synonyms of bad aji

Origin of bad aji

From bad and Japanese 味 (aji), or perhaps directly from the Japanese expression 味が悪い (aji ga warui), literally “the flavour is bad”, i.e. “there is bad aji”.

Questions about bad aji

What does bad aji mean?
Bad aji means 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.
What part of speech is bad aji?
Bad aji is a noun.

Words near bad aji in the dictionary

  1. Bacuses
  2. Bacău
  3. bad
  4. bad actor
  5. bad actors
  6. bad aji
  7. bad apple
  8. bad apples
  9. bad appling
  10. bad ass
  11. bad asses

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