Most common Thai words

[to] get pricked by a needle

tango (dance)

thick and sticky; viscous

revival; restoration; reactivation; resumption

vibration; tremor; shake

cathedral

tooth (formal)

powdery; crumbling to dust

cassumunar ginger; plai

[to] run parallel; [to] be parallel

fantasy; pipe dream

[to] stand on one's own two feet

extremely hot; sweltering

strange; extraordinary; astonishing

[to] split down the middle; crack through the center

[to] have a laser; be equipped with a laser

ship’s navigator; navigator

home decoration

sowing; scattering (seeds)

publicist; PR person

[to] milk [an animal]

[to] be appealing; [to] be to one's liking

[to] appoint [sb] (royal)

self-contradictory

central nervous system

mok pla (Isan/Lao-style steamed fish)

virtues of the Triple Gem

ratings; audience rating; popularity/quality score

Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)

guidance; advice

[to] engage in ecotourism

burn (injury)

corrupt official

repetitive and boring; monotonous

[to] be stunned; dumbfounded

medical expenses; treatment charges; nursing fees

life insurance policy

biopsy result

polished concrete; polished cement

[to] equalize; draw level

luxurious and fabulous; extremely elegant

Buddhist sacred place; Buddhist site; place of worship

fifth (ordinal number)

customer market; target market; customer segment

Thai personal name

iron/steel core (magnetic)

museum (formal/official term)

[to] maintain the score; [to] protect a lead

embroidery

Buddhist monastic discipline; Vinaya

[to] complain and blame [sb]

[to] learn one's lines; [to] memorize lines

deliverer; delivery provider; courier

the running of a stall/booth (at a fair)

next step; following move

storyboard

dusk; twilight; nightfall

Hebrew (language)

Vogue (magazine/brand)

very sad; tragic

gas canister

a Thai surname

horse's hoof

contesting a legal case; defending a case

[to] provide financial support; [to] fund

monarchy

plump; full-figured

[to] make [sth] to order; [to] prepare [sth] to order

rifle

[to] win the lottery

closure; shutdown

[to] greet

to start trading

law major/track

[to] snap/tear in the middle

the king’s heart/mind; will

dark matter

Ok Rong mango

harmony; congruity

scriptural commentary (esp. Buddhist)

taboo word; forbidden word

news of an attack

[to] calculate grades

permission; concession; yielding

spaghetti strap top; camisole

tall and slender; tall and slim

Madagascar (country)

Somdet Chao Fa: highest-ranking prince/princess

dengue hemorrhagic fever

sperm; spermatozoon

with small, rapid tremors; quiveringly

all day long

last round (of a contest)

timber; lumber

vein (blood vessel)

Northern Thai food

bow (for shooting arrows)

investigation; critical scrutiny (Buddhism)

the act/process of defining

border town; frontier city