Most common Thai words

[to] get involved

[to] walk around; [to] move about

hot spring

[to] watch what one says

[to] practice listening

calm; tranquil (in mind)

business-related; commercial

capital-city dweller; Bangkokian

being alive; living; existence

marker (in sports)

dog food; leftovers for dogs; low-quality food (derog.)

adversary; antagonist; enemy

cool and refreshing

Belarus (country)

medical school

essential oil; scented oil

business model

[to] walk around looking for [sb]/[sth]

gently sweet; mellow

Are you hungry? (Isan/Northern Thai)

handicrafts as a profession; artisanal work

[to] wait expectantly

[to] change one's look; [to] get a makeover

People's Republic of China

really?; are you serious?

[to] have an emotional outburst

[to] pass by (of time)

cartoon picture; cartoon drawing

the Giant Swing (Bangkok landmark)

[to] paraphrase; [to] render (into prose)

[to] conquer oneself

[to] log; [to] cut timber

biased; not neutral

favorite; most liked

milkfish; mud carp

Department of Provincial Administration

pork ham

Buddhist monastic title for a distinguished preacher‑scholar

[to] recommend dishes

grave; stern; serious

Prince Siddhartha; Siddhartha Gautama

coating; lamination; glazing

jealous character; rival

[to] lash out at [sb]; [to] throw a tantrum

predisposition; underlying tendency

[to] organize or conduct training

[to] shuffle cards

small and cute; petite

belly; abdomen (formal/literary)

[to] sink and disappear

bingsu; Korean shaved-ice dessert

activation; enabling

three-wheeler; pedicab; tuk-tuk

state punishment; corrections; penal; correctional

cotton fabric; cotton cloth

cake crumb; cake texture; cake interior

to incubate (embryo/egg)

[to] issue a new card

car battery; auto battery

[to] scrub/exfoliate the body

[to] prop; brace; support

big fish (large fish)

[to] test a system

2 p.m.; two o’clock in the afternoon

[to] make sense of [sth]; [to] piece [sth] together

soft; mushy (dialectal)

[to] grab; snatch; seize (loanword)

[to] live a slow-paced life

compression; compressive force

rumpled; crumpled; wrinkled; tousled (of fabric, paper, hair)

local food; regional cuisine; local specialties

young womanhood; female adolescence

[to] transplant [sth] (organs, tissue, or cells)

convention center

fair; impartial; just

prime location; prime site

[to] flick away [sth]; [to] scrape off and discard

startup; innovation-focused new company

[to] give [sth] to someone else; pass on

[to] respectfully inform; submit (very formal)

delivery; submission; remittance; transfer

so that; in order that

[to] come exactly/on the dot (informal)

workshop

accounting system

Scorpio (zodiac)

analytical thinking

contest show; competition program; pageant show

[to] escape from prison

[to] tap a card

[to] hold/perform the Kathin offering

the land/ground (formal/poetic)

addition (math)

omen; sign; portent

[to] perform a welcoming/blessing ceremony

[to] become visible; [to] appear

savings account

[to] become sharper; [to] get sharper

[to] take a meal break

papaya salad with crab