a rattan carrying frame or sling

[แปดสาแหรก] eight dignitaries; great grandparents; four ancestors on both sides in high class families or ancient noble lineage; aristocrat of the bluest blood

[is] important; vital; essential, the main; necessary; required

[สลักสำคัญ] [is] highly important; significant; vital; essential

[ความสำคัญ] importance; significance

[ที่สำคัญ] main; principal, the most important

to understand; estimate; conjecture

[เป็นสำคัญ] primarily; importantly

to reiterate; iterate

Central Bureau of Weights and Measures (Department of Internal Trade), Ministry of Commerce

Office of the National Primary Education Commission

Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency

Thai Industrial Standards Institute

Bureau of the Royal Household

population and housing census

[is] complete, finished, finalized; has been completed

"Do's and Don'ts."

[Thai description of a] talisman or fetish

environment; surroundings

[alternate spelling of สิทธารถ ]

meat and meat products

wasting money

ten million (10,000,000)

[สีเงิน] the color silver

[สีฟ้า] the color light blue; sky blue    

to stuff something in so tightly that the container breaks [Isaan dialect]

alternative media

prudent; profound; wise; thoughtful; careful; delicate; gentle; tender

[ความสุขุม] wisdom; prudence

weekend

a gentleman

Suvarnabhumi

wasteful; extravagant

thread; yarn

to offer oneself (e.g. to do a task); propose; present oneself

to beautify

[is] demoralized; disheartened