[mase ; mashi] (aux) (1) (pol) (See ます) (used to make a polite request or demand) please; (2) used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.#57
[ば, ba] (n) (1) place; spot; space; (2) field; discipline; sphere; realm; (3) (See その場) occasion; situation; (4) scene (of a play, movie, etc.); (5) session (of the stock market); (6) area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); (7) { physics } field; (8) field (gestalt psychology); (P)#247