じっちゃ

Japanese

Noun

じっちゃ • (jitcha) 

1. (dialectal) Clipping of じっちゃん (jitchan, “grandpa; granddaddy; old man”).
   • 1987 February 20 [1982 January 15], Motoka Murakami, “おーい、岩(い)手(わて)山(さん)の巻(まき) [Heey, Mount Iwate]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)) [Musashi’s Sword], 26th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 121:

     あれえ⁉じっちゃ(おじいちゃん)、あっこでみててわかんなかったけえ？
     じ…じっちゃ…⁉

     Arē⁉ Jitcha, akko mitete wakannakatta kē?
     Ji…Jitcha…⁉

     Hey! Have we met somewhere before, Grampa?
     G…Grampa…⁉