[beginning a paragraph of verse] then;...; meanwhile;...; next;...

"Whenever a gathering like this arises, it generates many different waves of criticism regarding the appropriateness and propriety of the monks' behavior. Some agree; some disagree."

any time; whenever

two weeks ago

colony

[sports journalism] Germany

[in Thai Grammar, the "Word Ending Protocol" for open syllables]

a fishwife

wet nurse

[แม่น้ำยมนา] [India's] river Jumna

teacher; instructor

though; if; provided; even; even if

[establishing a conditional link between phrases]

[prefix for bug and arthropod names]

[a subdistrict of เชียงใหม่  province]

[แมลงภู่] carpenter bee

to brag; boast

[ขี้โม้] [is] boastful

delusion; ignorance; stupidity; lack of awareness

insufficient; incomplete; lacking; not having attained

[ไม่เคยให้] <subject> has never given

[is] illegitimate

[is] contrary; against all expectations

[ไม่ต้องการไป] <subject> doesn't need to go

[is] illegal

[is] untrue; inaccurate; erroneous

[is] worthless; valueless

[is] incautious; without caution

to lose trust in

[ไม่อยากเชื่อ] <subject> doesn't want to believe

pole; prop; brace; crutch

standing timber