effort; endeavor; attempt

magazine; periodical; journal

[Thai transcription of foreign loanword] variety show

good fortune due to past good deeds; luck; lot in life

Asian financial crisis (of the 1990s)

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] wicker; long thin sticks, stems, or reeds that have been woven together to make household items such as baskets and furniture

to run in a foot race

to research

[การวิจัย] research

[นักวิจัย] researcher

economics

[วิเชียรมาศ] [common given name for a siamese cat in a temple grounds]

vitamin B-12

martial arts; fighting skills

method; way; mode of operation; procedure

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] winner

division; separation; section; classification; partition; part; constituent; ingredient

[alternate spelling of วิลเลียม ]

[is] extraordinary; wonderful

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "VHS"] VHS video tape

[is] busy; in a fuss; anxious; worried; in turmoil; disturbed; in disorder; nervous

to exclude; omit; skip over

local time

Vientiane, the capital city of ประเทศลาว  (Laos)

I hear the distant gibbon’s cry; it echoes eerily in my heart

Wyoming [state of the United States]

elbow

[a unit of linear measure]

full panel of judges

Chair Professor

stone; rock; boulder

Flood-Relief Operations Command

one half (the fraction); ½