before

first of all, first and foremost

[ก้อนอิฐ] a chunk of brick

to have; possess

[is] composed of

[alternate spelling of กอล์ฟ ]

[is] small; tiny

[numerical classifier for sticky rice in Northern Thailand]

[alternate spelling of กระบี่ ]

[แมงกะพรุน] jellyfish

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] carat; a measure of weight for jewels

years (used for older women who still look young)

to confine to a specific location; place under house arrest

to eat away (at)

[is] fire-proof

kalp, or eon, a vast period of time, the period of time between creation and recreation of the world and universe. It is given in Hindu chronology as 4,320,000,000 years

to mark a ballot

men's briefs

Kanchanaburi, a province in central Thailand with a 1995 population of 744,933 (rank 29 of 76)

[กาพย์ฉบัง] [a type of Thai versification in which one stanza contains sixteen words or syllables]

[การกดขี่ขูดรีดแรงงาน] exploitation of labor

[the action of] picking (something out)

[การขายปลีก] retail sales

[การคลัง] financial activity

ethnic cleansing

[การแจกไพ่] [of playing cards] a deal

[การณรงค์] a campaign

[การต่อรองราคา] haggling

recession; withdrawal

[การทำบุญ] merit-making

[การบันทึก] recording; saving [a computer file]

[การประสาน] connecting; healing; welding; fastening; joining