Most common Thai words

grass

boss; supervisor

kilometer (abbr.); km

casually; just for fun; not seriously

[to] remember (royal register)

button (device control)

confused; chaotic

[to] collect; gather

shabby; run-down (adj.)

right?; okay?; yeah? (Isan/Northern Thai)

letter (mail)

don't ... yet; hold off (for now)

noble title (historical)

faster; quicker

honest; upright

manager; administrator

memory; memory card

quietly; discreetly; low‑key

trash; garbage; rubbish

popular; trendy

[to] snore

spotted; having dots

rotten; decayed; spoiled

[to] insert; interpose

[to] make up with; appease

option; choice; alternative

dry (humor/style); plain; not funny

thin; slim; skinny

dizzy; woozy

when?; what time?

too; excessively

all; every (formal)

checkpoint; border post; toll booth; inspection station

view; scene (formal/element)

discount; markdown

monotone; single-tone

accident; mishap

hall (event venue)

which way?; which direction?; by what route/means?

searching; seeking

spicy-tasty (Isan/Lao-influenced)

rice field; paddy field

[to] release; let go

currently; nowadays

rare; hard to find; scarce

idol; role model (pop culture)

bar (drinking place)

host; MC; presenter; emcee

cake (sweet baked dessert)

like that; that way (Isan/NE dialect)

[to] aim; take aim

very big; huge

[to] expropriate; [to] take for public use

gentle; mild (manner/speech)

not true; false; untrue

speech; utterance; rhetoric; discourse (formal; mainly in compounds)

car; automobile (loanword, informal)

[to] announce formally; make a statement; declare

[to] root for [sb]; [to] cheer on

January (1st month)

via; through (medium/channel)

fish trap (conical/basket trap)

eating; consumption

old-fashioned; out of date

for example; such as; for instance

role; function; part

fluent; nimble

[to] attach; enclose

[to] go well together; match

operation; process

a particular person (reduplicated form)

king; male monarch

day in, day out; all day

younger sister; younger female sibling

sentence particle (polite; affectionate)

base; bottom; foot (of sth)

[to] claim that

paternal grandfather

memory (ability)

husband (informal)

to flood; inundate

[to] see a picture/image

[to] dim; turn down (light/flame/sound)

east; eastern direction

virtuous; morally good

[to] critique; [to] comment on

[to] look up; search to watch/see

fatigued; exhausted; debilitated

spare part; replacement part

higher; taller; more elevated

executive; manager; administrator

culture

product; manufactured good

[to] hold hands (with [sb])

birthmark; mole

sentence-final softening particle (Northern Thai)

chat; online text conversation

[to] make a living; earn a living

[to] insult; belittle [sb]

mini; miniature; very small