myth (untrue)

(fig.) [is] finicky; picky; (lit.) [does] have a lot of stories

worldly concerns

novelette (a short or brief novel; a long short story)

Bang Kwang Central Prison

[โรคเรื้อน] leprosy

[ขี้เรื้อน] [is] mangy (of a dog)

silicon dioxide — SiO2; quartz

[แรงกระเพื่อม] upheaval; turmoil; confusion

stopping power; resistance

hippopotamus

rickets

[โรคซิฟิลิส] syphilis

[โรคบิด] dysentery

heat stroke

[โรคเอ๋อ] down's syndrome

almshouse

special tutoring school; extra-curricular school

a seedy hourly-room hotel

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] "ローマ字" or "rōmaji"; the system of spelling Japanese words with the Roman alphabet

fruitless; without effect

winter; cold season (November - February in Thailand)

to punish; assign a penalty

to settle or settle in a place, settle down in; put down stakes in

Lopburi, a province in central Thailand with a 1995 population of 740,826 (rank 31 of 76); the capital city having been the capital of Thailand for a period in the 1600s.

to disappear; die; pass away

to smash; take care of by violent means; "fix" someone

to entice; deceive; beguile; trick; dupe; lure; delude

mule

[การล่อ] [the abstract feeling of] temptation

[ล่อใจ] [is] tempting; alluring; inviting

[of food or drink] to scarf down; devour; gulp; drink; guzzle

Lansium domesticum (Meliaceae)

[ลอย ๆ] thoughtlessly; heedlessly; irresponsibly; without thinking; off the cuff

[is] gentle; soft; tender; smooth; mild; kind

gently; softly; tenderly; smoothly; mildly; kindly

[ลักษณะสุดขั้ว] Extremeism