Most common Thai words

medicinal/protective herb (tuberous plant)

life (state of being alive)

excrement; dung; feces; manure

thousand (1,000)

Buddhist monk

empty; blank; bare

normal; usual; ordinary

approximately; about

most; -est (superlative)

goods; merchandise

grandmother (maternal)

tall; high (physical height)

song; musical piece

[to] cut

aww; whining sound

pulley

deputy; vice-; second-in-command; assistant

from; since (starting point)

[to] go out; be extinguished

baht (Thai currency unit)

original; initial

slow

foreign; non-native

topic/contrast particle; question tag

about; approximately

loud

a little; a bit (quantity)

pair; couple

nighttime; night

Dharma; Buddhist teaching

palace; royal residence

[to] understand; grasp

[to] chat; talk

cause; reason

[to] translate

end; back; rear

free; not busy

easy; simple

bright orange; reddish-orange

shy; embarrassed

shop; store

never; have never

thing; object; entity

galangal (rhizome)

[to] show; demonstrate

ready; prepared

to keep; store; put away

to come in; enter (toward the speaker)

listen

derogatory prefix before a woman's name/noun

sergeant (rank/title)

full; filled

even; increasingly; more

[to] sit; sit down

bouquet; bunch; cluster

sure; okay; go ahead

guard; watchman

information; data (non-count)

[to] be afraid; fear

and then; after that (sequence)

main; principal; primary

to believe [sth/sb]

omen; sign; portent

that (over there)

instead; rather

everyone; everybody

country; nation; state

nation; country

promotion; special offer

[to] rest; take a break

emphatic denial (actually not; certainly not)

[to] wait [for sb/sth] (Isan/Lao)

hello; hi; goodbye

[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name

entirely; all; nothing but

[to] pay

young woman; girl

[to] improvise; ad-lib

rarely; seldom; not often

[to] agree; consent

[to] come back; return

Earth; the planet

major (field of study)

skin; hide

in; during; for [doing sth]; regarding

[to] stop; cease; quit

father; dad

[to] cry; weep

city; town; urban area

happiness; well-being

[to] call; phone

prefix/syllable in compounds

heavy (weight)

team; group

[to] photograph; take a picture

[to] be in time for

will; shall (literary/formal auxiliary)

tight; secure; firm

middle; center

[to] know; be aware (polite/formal)