[variant of พฤกษ์] tree; plant; flora; botanical; pertaining to plants

behavior; conduct; livelihood; action; profession; poetry

suspicious behavior

[colloquial, general] Jupiter

[ดาวพระพฤหัสฯ] [colloquial] the planet Jupiter

[วันพฤหัสฯ] [colloquial] Thursday

Police Lieutenant General; 2nd-ranking police officer

unregistered voters brought in to vote

[abbreviation for การจัดการ] Pol. Lt. Gen

to make easy small talk or pleasant conversation

energy; power (in the scientific sense) (note the irregular pronunciation; per RID พลัง [พะลัง])

force; strength; power

electric power

simultaneously; concurrently; at the same time; in the meantime or interim

[พลาง ๆ] temporarily; briefly; fleetingly; for the time being; momentarily; simultaneously; concurrently; at the same time; in the meantime or interim

to turn over; to roll from side to side; to play tricks with; to twist

[is] busy; crowded; congested

chaotically; busily

to swarm

everyone; everybody; we; us

Phahonyothin

unfortunately; not so good

father

[is] inflated; filled up

Phayao, a province in northern Thailand with a 1995 population of 517,257 (rank 45 of 76)

Patcharabhorn [a Thai given name]

to be related, to bind, to fasten together

to do something together

whirlwind, waterspout, tornado

a section of Bangkok known as "Little India"

naga ordination ceremony

smooth-face offset lithography

pH, a measure of acidicy

parsnips

senate

speak bluntly; frankly