(bǎ, ㄅㄚˇ) to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; a handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle [CE-DICT]
(bà, ㄅㄚˋ) handle [CE-DICT]
事
(こと(P);こん) (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P) [EDICT]
(ごと) (suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... [EDICT]
(じ) (n) {Buddh} (See 理・2) individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle) [EDICT]
(じょう) (n) (1) feelings; emotion; sentiment; (2) compassion; sympathy; (3) passion; affection; love; (4) the way things really are; the actual situation; (P) [EDICT]
