Owner review 16, stage 2c: deep meaning checks on the 26 survivors (2026-10-13)
Status: Draft · Date: 2026-10-13 · Stage 2c of owner review 16. Input: the 26 survivors of stage 1. Audience: the owner and the other stage 2 lanes. Nothing outside this file was changed. Trademark, domain and handle checks are other lanes.
Owner, review 16 (verbatim). "Any Korean adjective that might be related to good health, good fortune, or a nudge in the positive direction, social gathering, good feelings or just any other positivity in general?"
0. Result
| Verdict | Count | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | 6 | Mutal, Hogam, Sunsu, Giljo, Ballal, Dagam |
| Usable with conditions | 17 | Naran, Gaman, Bosong, Hunhun, Bangsil, Gahi, Hanchang, Dungsil, Mongsil, Solsol, Gise, Dangcha, Himcha, Alcha, Sarang, Somang, Arong (rough strength, best first) |
| Blocked | 3 | Palpal, Danran, Achim |
"Clear" means the meaning and store checks found nothing; it is not a trademark clearance.
1. Evidence tags and limits
| Tag | Source (fetched 2026-10-13 with curl unless noted) |
|---|---|
| NW | 나무위키 /w/<한글>, page text searched for 비속어, 은어, 속어, 비하, 멸칭, 밈, 성기, 논란, then each hit read in context. A 419-byte page means "no such page". |
| OD | 우리말샘 search/searchResult?query=<한글>, headword senses read; keyword hits were checked in context (most "비하" = "compared with"). |
| W | English Wiktionary parse and extracts API for the lowercase Latin spelling: language headings and senses. |
| UD | Urban Dictionary API, exact-term entries. |
| JP | iTunes Search API, country=jp, entity=software&limit=50, 3 s apart. Exact name = title (or part before :, -, |, () equals the word. |
| GP | play.google.com/store/search?q=<word>&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US and hl=ko&gl=KR, titles parsed from <span class="DdYX5">; parse worked for all 52 pages. Download bands from the detail page. |
| WS | Web search (standard), cited inline. |
| K | My own knowledge, not fetched. Unchecked. |
Limits. Naver search pages are JavaScript-only and returned no text to curl, so "Naver 뜻/은어/비속어" searches were replaced by NW and OD; spoken slang may be missing. The Hangul spelling was not searched on the JP store.
2. Table
| Word | Korean 2025 (NW, OD) | English / UD | Other languages (W) | JP App Store (exact name) | Google Play US / KR (exact name) | Shares a name with | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutal | 무탈 has no NW page; 아무탈 is a streamer (different word). OD clean. | "mutual" echo, benign. UD none. | Cahuilla (a cactus), Tolai (a pronoun). Harmless. | None (46 results) | None exact. "Mutal Unnie" (1+ downloads) is not the bare name. | No brand. | Clear |
| Hogam | NW 호감: plain "good feeling"; one 2020s ironic meme (호감 used sarcastically for a disliked person). OD clean. | "hog" is barely audible. UD none. | No heading. | None | None | No brand. | Clear |
| Bangsil | NW 방실 page, no slang. OD clean. | "bang" slang (sex) in the first syllable. | No heading. | None | None exact (Banghoo, BANGUAPP) | No brand. | Usable: mild English echo |
| Hunhun | NW has no page. OD: 훈훈하다 has a rare 4th sense "slightly drunk" (醺醺); the main sense is warmth. | UD: one flattering "babe" entry. | No Latin heading. Pinyin 混混 hùnhun "hoodlum" (K). | None | "HunHun | Serving Elderly" (100+ downloads), exact name, elder care. | That app. | Usable: small exact app + echo |
| Palpal | OD 팔팔: boiling, vigour (팔팔하다). 팔팔정 is a well-known Korean generic Viagra (K); 팔팔 also = 88 Olympics (OD: 팔팔 올림픽 고속도로). | None. UD none. | Central Bikol: derogatory "stupid"; Tagalog, Tok Pisin, Mokilese. | None (47 results) | None exact | 팔팔정 (K). "88" is the ADL-listed white-supremacist code for "Heil Hitler" (WS). | Blocked |
| Bosong | NW has no page. OD 보송하다: soft and dry. Clean. | UD: "handsome and smart", benign. | Maranao: "to die as payment for wrongdoing" (obscure, one dictionary). | None (1 result, not exact) | "Bosong: Mood Diary with XIU" (0+ downloads), lifestyle. | No baby-product brand found (WS, nothing named Bosong). | Usable: tiny exact app |
| Gahi | NW 가히: plain literary adverb. OD clean. | UD: one benign entry. | Cebuano gahì: "hard, stubborn" and a verb "to have an erection". Tagalog, Old High German. | None | None | No brand. | Usable: Cebuano vulgar sense |
| Hanchang | NW 한창: the adverb is not the page; the page is 한창 (company), a 1962 Korean phone and electronics maker (워킹폰), and a TV doctor's husband. OD: 한창 (peak) clean. | None. | No heading. | None | None exact | 한창 Co., class-9 phones, and a well-known 한의사 (NW). | Usable: shared name |
| Dagam | NW and OD: plain, nothing. | None. | Gothic romanization only. | None | None | No brand. | Clear |
| Arong | OD/NW: 아롱 plain; 아롱이 is a pet name (K). | UD: "good doggo". | Central Bikol, Chungli Ao. | None | None exact; KR search surfaces Aarong and Aarong Bandhan. | Aarong, Bangladesh's large retailer; US App Store app "Aarong" has 167 ratings. Same sound. | Usable: weakest of the group |
| Sunsu | NW 순수: moe-attribute "purity" page; 巡狩 royal tour homonym. OD clean ("비하" = "compared with"). | UD: one nonsense entry. | No heading. | None | None exact | Generic word, many marks (K). | Clear |
| Dungsil | NW has no page. OD clean. | "dung" (manure) audible in "DOONG". | No heading. | None | None exact ("Dungusub") | KR App Store Hangul 둥실 (0 ratings, from stage 1). | Usable: English echo |
| Mongsil | OD: 몽실 plump or cloud-puffy; 몽실 언니 is a classic novel (권정생, 1984). NW has no page. | "mong" is an offensive UK slur (K). | No heading. | None | None exact ("Mong", "Mongi" are different words) | The novel. | Usable: UK echo |
| Solsol | NW 솔솔: a person (singer/streamer page) plus the adverb; no slang. OD clean. | "sol" (sun) benign. | No heading. | Solsol (Social Networking, 0 ratings) | None exact | That app. | Usable: tiny exact app |
| Dangcha | Clipped. OD: 당차다 is the word; 당차 alone is only homonyms (當次, 當差, 唐茶). NW has no page. | None. | No heading. | None | None | No brand. | Usable: half-word |
| Naran | NW 나란: plain ("side by side"). OD clean. | UD: Mongolian girl's name. | Dongxiang and Mongolian root: sun (good). Tetum "name"; Zazaki. | None | "Naran Loyalty" (5,000+, Mongolian loyalty app), "Naran Club" (5+): not the bare name. | Naran valley in Pakistan (K); Hangul 나란 app, 1 rating (stage 1). | Usable: good echo + near apps |
| Gise | OD 기세: momentum; homonyms famine and stock-market obscure. NW clean. | UD: "guys" slang; English "gise" = to pasture. | Istriot "ten", Middle English "guise". | Gise (Lifestyle, 0 ratings) | "Gise 2026" (500+, an Italian conference app) | Those apps. Turkish gişe "ticket window" is a faint echo (K). | Usable: tiny exact apps |
| Giljo | NW 길조 page: lucky birds and omens (the "비하" hit was the word 사비하대어). OD clean. | UD: a Croatian name. | No heading. | None | None | No brand. | Clear |
| Ballal | NW and OD: plain "vivacious". | UD: two juvenile entries, one a self-boast. "ball" wink. | Fula heading; Indian surname (K). | None | None exact | No brand. | Clear |
| Sarang | NW 사랑: a huge page (love); the hits for 논란, 은어, 정치 are in titles and works, not the word. OD clean. | UD: Korean "love". | Indonesian and Malay "nest", Javanese, Tagalog, Tok Pisin. | None (28 results) | None exact (Radio Sarang, Sarang Classes, Sarang Gujarati are different names) | Extremely crowded name (churches, shops, Indian given name and instrument sarangi). | Usable: crowded |
| Danran | OD: 단란하다 is happy, but its neighbour 단란주점 is the legal term for a karaoke-and-drinks bar, with hostesses in common use (OD, NW 단란주점 page). | None. | Indonesian heading. | None | None | The 단란주점 trade. | Blocked |
| Somang | NW 소망: homonyms incl. a banned PUBG streamer 내이름은소망 (논란), a Pokémon character, a TV drama. | UD: benign. | No heading. | None | None exact | 소망교회 (very large church), Somang Cosmetics, Somang Glass (stage 1). | Usable: crowded, church |
| Achim | Plain "morning". | UD: two surname entries. | Xibe; German given name and town. | None in JP | None under "achim" in GP US/KR | "Achim App Arbeitszeiterfassung", iTunes DE, 904 ratings, site achim.app: a live same-name app (class 9/42). | Blocked |
| Gaman | NW 가만: plain "quietly". | UD: a "feeling" entry. | Icelandic and Old Norse gaman = fun, pleasure (good); Japanese 我慢 "endure, perseverance" (good); Guugu Yimidhirr avoidance word. | Gaman: Save by Resisting (Finance, 0), Gaman - Stop Overtrading (Productivity, 0) | "Gaman" (10+ downloads), plus Gaman Driver, Gaman Training, Gaman Origins | Gaman Bit (tiny game studio, stage 1). The most crowded small-app name here. | Usable: tiny exact apps |
| Himcha | Clipped. OD has only 힘차다, no 힘차 headword. NW has no page. | UD: unrelated slang entry. | No heading. | None | None ("Himchuli" apps differ) | No brand. | Usable: half-word |
| Alcha | Clipped. OD: 알차다 only, plus a dialect noun 알차리 ("dry twig"). | None. | No heading. Turkish "alça" echo is weak (K). | None | None exact ("Alchatek", "ALCHEMA") | No brand. | Usable: half-word |
3. The lead's flags, settled
- Palpal: Blocked, confirmed. 팔팔 is the stock word for health, but 팔팔정 is the best-known Korean generic Viagra (K) and Koreans over 40 will make the link. Added to that, "88" is the ADL-listed code for "Heil Hitler" and appears in handles (WS above), and Bikol "palpal" means "stupid".
- Danran: Blocked, confirmed. OD lists 단란주점 right beside 단란하다; the word belongs to the nightlife trade.
- Hunhun: pinyin 混混 "hoodlum" is a real echo for Mandarin speakers, and an exact-name elder-care app exists (100+ downloads, GP). A rare "drunk" sense of 훈훈하다 sits in OD. Usable, near the line.
- Mild echoes: Bangsil "bang" is real but short of harm. Mutal "mutual" is benign and even apt, so Clear. Hogam "hog" is not audible, so Clear. Dungsil "dung" and Mongsil "mong" (UK slur) are the stronger English echoes in this batch and are not on the lead's list.
- Good echoes confirmed: Gaman (Japanese "endure", Icelandic "fun") and Naran (Mongolian "sun") are good, but Gaman has two JP exact-name apps and one GP exact-name app, all tiny.
- Gise: Turkish gişe is a faint echo only; the real notes are two tiny exact-name apps and an Italian conference app.
- Bosong: no baby-product brand found. One 0+ download exact-name app.
- Arong: Aarong is a live, known retailer with an iOS app (167 ratings); identical sound. Weakest of the Usable group.
- Sarang, Somang, Sunsu: Sarang and Somang are crowded and Somang belongs to a megachurch; both likely die at the trademark lane. Sunsu is a generic word with a plain meaning.
- Surprise finds: Gahi has a vulgar Cebuano sense (erection), Achim is a live German time-tracking app, Hanchang is a known Korean company.
4. Clipped forms (Dangcha, Himcha, Alcha)
OD carries only the full adjectives 당차다, 힘차다, 알차다; none lists the clipped stem as a word of its own (Dangcha has unrelated homonyms 當次 etc.). Koreans use the stem only inside conjugations (당찬, 힘찬, 알찬, 당차게), so a bare 당차, 힘차 or 알차 reads as a half-word, like an English "ener-". Naver usage counts could not be fetched (JavaScript-only), so this rests on OD and my own judgment (K). Treat all three as a taste call for the owner.
5. Queries (re-runnable)
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%98%B8%EA%B0%90"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://opendict.korean.go.kr/search/searchResult?query=%ED%8C%94%ED%8C%94"
curl -s "https://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&limit=50&country=jp&term=gaman"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=gaman&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=gaman&c=apps&hl=ko&gl=KR"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamanapp.mobile&hl=en&gl=US"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&explaintext=1&format=json&titles=gaman"
curl -s "https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?term=gaman"
curl -s "https://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&limit=50&country=de&term=achim"Script and raw output: session scratchpad r16m/run.py, log.txt, out.json.
Meaning-clear
Clear:
- Mutal 무탈
- Hogam 호감
- Sunsu 순수
- Giljo 길조
- Ballal 발랄
- Dagam 다감
Usable with conditions:
- Naran 나란 (near-name apps; good Mongolian "sun")
- Gaman 가만 (tiny exact-name apps)
- Bosong 보송 (0+ download exact-name app)
- Hunhun 훈훈 (100+ download exact-name elder-care app; 混混)
- Bangsil 방실 ("bang" echo)
- Gahi 가히 (Cebuano vulgar sense)
- Hanchang 한창 (한창 Co.)
- Dungsil 둥실 ("dung" echo)
- Mongsil 몽실 ("mong" UK slur)
- Solsol 솔솔 (0-rating exact-name app)
- Gise 기세 (tiny exact-name apps)
- Dangcha 당차 (half-word)
- Himcha 힘차 (half-word)
- Alcha 알차 (half-word)
- Sarang 사랑 (crowded)
- Somang 소망 (crowded, megachurch)
- Arong 아롱 (Aarong sound-alike)