"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."

[เมื่อไร] whenever

the day before yesterday

anytime; whenever

seaport; harbor

[sports journalism] India

[แม่กบ] the fifth of the "Eight Word Ending Protocols" in Thai grammar, the "-b" and "-p" sounds at the end of a syllable, a dead ending [see notes]

[name of a traditional Thai game/entertainment in the past]

[แม่น้ำคงคา] [India's] river Ganges

[แม่น้ำสาลวิน] the river Salaween, which originates in Himalayan Tibet, passes south through Yunnan, into Burma, and into the Andaman Sea

Mother Mary

even a little bit

[แมงดา] pimp; gigolo

[Isaan dialect] ใช่ไหม

[แมลงหวี่] gnat; fruit fly, a species of fly; Drosophilia sp.

liberation

to have a tantrum; rage; rampage

[ไม่ควรพูด] ought not to speak

infrequently; hardly ever; seldom

soon

[ไม่ได้ทำ] <subject> didn't do

[ไม่ต้องการรัก] <subject> doesn't need to love

"[I] don't know whether..." — "[I] don't know if..." — "[I] don't know how..."

[is] not in a regular place; not in an appropriate location

[is] unemployed; out of job; out of work

endlessly; interminably; ceaselessly

[is] discontented; disturbed; upset; troubled; unhappy

[ไม่อยากเปิด] <subject> doesn't want to open

[ไม้จำปา] a forked pole used in harvesting fruits

[ไม้สอย] stick used for the purpose of สอย