noun

Familiar language.
  1. elderly handyman, elderly manservant.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
爺や じいや

Contained Kanji Breakdown

old man, grampa
じい ヤ じじい (Kentei Pre-1)
father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
question mark
ヤ ジャ か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)