Aji in Joseki 1

Shimari with aji  

This position is something recognizable. It happens when White chooses not to answer Black's press and Black takes the corner.

But the taste of that corner is a little bit bitter.

Black 2 is honte  

Even such a distant approach as is a threat to revive the white stone in the corner.

B2 is honte here.

White has a chance  

If Black does not reply to , White can use this chance to break through or live in the corner.

KarlKnechtel: Maybe it is because I am only in the mid-kyus, but it is not at all clear to me that is at all important to the sequence here... ?

Starting a fight  

The fight is difficult for both as it is.

So White will start it only in the case when some helping stones appear nearby.

A clamp is another option  

But this fight is difficult for White too.