Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad aji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: bad a-ji
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

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”.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 味

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

aji

Questions

What does bad aji mean?: 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.
Where does bad aji come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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