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  • 1.

    even, actually, really

    Мне аж стра́шно ста́ло.

    I even got scared.

    Colloquial, used instead of даже to emphasise the statement.

  • 2.

    as many as, as much as, no less than

    Мне сего́дня аж пять пи́сем пришло́.

    I got as many as five letters today.

    With numbers and amounts that the speaker finds surprisingly large.

  • 3.

    all the way, right up to

    Она́ прие́хала аж из Га́мбурга.

    She came all the way from Hamburg.

    Stresses how far away a place or point in time is.

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
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  • Sandy edited translation 5 years ago.