じっちゃん

Japanese

Noun

じっちゃん • (jitchan) 

1. Alternative form of 爺ちゃん (jī-chan, “grandpa; granddaddy; old man”)
   • 1987 July 20 [1984 September 15], Motoka Murakami, “新(あら)たなる旅(たび)立(だ)ちの巻(まき) [A New Journey]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)) [Musashi’s Sword], 13th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 86:

     六(む)三(さ)四(し)くんおるかね⁉

     Musashi-kun oru ka ne⁉

     Are ya here, Musashi-kun!?

     や、やだなあじっちゃん。部(へ)屋(や)さはいる時(とき)はノックしてよー。

     Ya, ya da nā jitchan. Heya sa hairu toki wa nokku shite yō.

     C-C’mon now, Grandpa. Knock before comin’ in mah room, wouldja?

     おっ！すまんすまん！

     O'! Suman suman!

     Oh right! Sorry, sorry!

See also

• じっちゃ (jitcha)