Owner review 20, stage 2c: meaning checks for the 30 survivors (2026-10-13)
Status: Draft · Date: 2026-10-13 · Stage 2c of owner review 20. Audience: the owner and the later stages. Nothing outside this file was changed. This stage covers meaning, slang, famous namesakes, foreign-language senses, and the Japanese App Store and Google Play. Trademark, domain and handle checks are other stages.
Owner, review 20 (verbatim). "Let's expand our search to three-syllable names"
Input: the ## Survivors list and ranked table in owner-review-20-words-stage1-2026-10-13.md.
0. Evidence tags and limits
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| NV | Naver search page, fetched 2026-10-13 (dictionary box and snippets). |
| NM | 나무위키 page fetched with curl -L (a bare fetch gets a 302 to the redirect target). "No page" means 해당 문서를 찾을 수 없습니다. |
| OD | 우리말샘 search page. It repeated the dictionary senses stage 1 already had; only new senses are cited. |
| W | English Wiktionary parse API, level-1 language headings for the lowercase Latin spelling. "None" means the page does not exist. |
| UD | Urban Dictionary API, exact-word entries only. |
| iJP | iTunes Search API, country=jp, Latin spelling, 50 results, 3 s apart; counted only titles that contain the word. |
| GP | Google Play search page, hl=en&gl=US and hl=ko&gl=KR, parsed for app titles. Play fuzzy-matches, so the top titles are listed only when no exact hit exists. "No results" is Play's own empty-page text, confirmed on motungi. |
| CS | Common sense or general knowledge, marked where no fetch backs it. |
Limits. Where the Naver "slang" search returned nothing, that means no hit, not a proof of absence. The slang query was run with the search words removed from the text before matching (the first pass matched its own query, so it was redone). Play's Korean search for seven words returned a page with no app rows; for those the result is "no results", not "not checked". Stage 2 trademark work still decides crowding in the Korean register.
1. Verdict table
Verdicts: Clear = no bad meaning and no exact-name app. Usable with conditions = a mild echo, or a tiny exact-name app. Blocked = a bad or culturally owned meaning, or a live exact-name app with users.
| # | Latin | Hangul | Korean 2025 usage (NV, NM, OD) | English and other languages (W, UD, CS) | iJP | Google Play (US, KR) | Namesakes | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanari | 나날이 | Plain adverb "day by day". No slang hit. NM: no page. Common in news ("나날이 발전하는"). | W none, UD none. "Nana" prefix (common name, Nana manga); no bad sense. | None | Latin: none. Hangul: 나날이 AI diary, package com.nanari.app, 50+ installs (iOS 5 ratings) | None | Usable with conditions |
| 2 | Holgabun | 홀가분 | Root of 홀가분하다; no slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Contains Holga, a toy-camera brand (CS). | One hit: Holgabun GLP-1 injection log (Health, 0 ratings) | Latin: top hit "Declutter One" only. Hangul: 홀가분, com.nurim.hallgabun, 1+ installs, and 홀가분 챌린지 | Holga camera (class 9 relevance, for stage 2) | Usable with conditions |
| 3 | Dalmaji | 달맞이 | Folk full-moon greeting (정월대보름 달맞이). NM redirects to 달구경, a page on moon-viewing customs. Also 달맞이꽃 (evening primrose) and 달맞이길, a Haeundae (Busan) cafe street with 2,864 reviews (NV). | W none, UD none. "Dal" is Hindi lentils; "Dalmatian" echo (CS). | One hit: Dalmaji Korean-for-travel phrasebook (Education, 0) | Dalmaji: Korean Phrasebook, 1K+ installs, in both US and KR searches | Place name Dalmaji-gil in Busan | Usable with conditions |
| 4 | Sinbaram | 신바람 | "High spirits"; OD adds a Jeju dialect "errand" sense. NM: 신바람 redirects to a BTOB album track list (Brother Act.); famous singer 신바람 이박사; LG Twins' old "신바람 야구" slogan (CS). Hangul trade-name register is crowded: Play KR shows 신바람 대리운전 apps. | W none, UD none. English readers see "sin" first (sin + bar + ram); also near "Sinbad" (CS). | None | Latin: none. Hangul: two 신바람 대리운전 apps (not exact) | 신바람 이박사 (singer), BTOB track | Usable with conditions |
| 5 | Biroso | 비로소 | Plain adverb "only then". No slang. NM: no page (deleted redirect). | W none, UD none. Italian birro and Spanish roso are unrelated. | None | Latin: none. Hangul check not run (Latin only was requested) | None | Clear |
| 6 | Sabujak | 사부작 | Root of 사부작거리다 ("fidget quietly"); OD also lists 사부작 (四部作), a tetralogy. No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Indonesian/Malay sabu is crystal meth (CS), and the first four letters are "Sabu"; wrestler Sabu (CS). | None | None | Wrestler Sabu (distant) | Usable with conditions |
| 7 | Olbaro | 올바로 | Plain adverb "rightly". 올바로시스템 is the national waste-handling (Allbaro) system; Naver results for it are all waste-reporting services (NV). NM: no page. | W none, UD none. | None | None | Allbaro, the state waste system (industry-facing, not consumer-famous) | Usable with conditions |
| 8 | Bibaram | 비바람 | "Rain and wind", also "hardship" in idiom. NM: dictionary sense plus a Stray Kids song. No slang. | W none, UD none. Echoes Latin/Italian viva ("live!"); "bi-bar-am" reads clean. | None | None (Latin); Hangul 비바람: no app with the exact name | Stray Kids "비바람" | Usable with conditions |
| 9 | Obusi | 오붓이 | "Snugly, warmly" (OD: 홀가분하면서 아늑하고 정답게). No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Spanish/French obús/obus = artillery shell. Near Obut, the French boules brand (CS); iTunes shows no Obut-named app in US/KR/JP. | One unrelated hit: Obusiness (Business, 0) | Latin: none exact (only Obusilaam, a different word). KR: Hangul none | Obut (boules and pétanque sports goods) | Usable with conditions |
| 10 | Doldari | 돌다리 | "Stone bridge". NM: a 1943 short story (이태준); the proverb "돌다리도 두들겨 보고 건너라" praises caution, which can read as hesitance. No slang. | W none, UD none. Dari is Afghan Persian. | One hit: "Doldari Do" (Games, 0) | None | The 1943 story, the proverb | Usable with conditions |
| 11 | Silbaram | 실바람 | "Light breeze". NM redirects to the Beaufort wind scale. No slang. | W none, UD none. | None | None | None | Clear |
| 12 | Mulbora | 물보라 | "Spray". NM page lists a character in 이런 영웅은 싫어, a 1984 drama and a 최진희 song. No slang. | W none, UD none. Bora = Adriatic wind; Bora Bora. | None | None | A drama character, a drama, a song | Usable with conditions |
| 13 | Garangbi | 가랑비 | "Drizzle". NM notes a YouTuber named 가랑비. No slang. (가랑 as 가랑이 "crotch" is a different word and is not heard in 가랑비.) | W none, UD none. Indonesian garang = fierce; Sudanese surname Garang (CS). | None | None | YouTuber 가랑비 | Usable with conditions |
| 14 | Sonagi | 소나기 | "Sudden shower". 황순원's 1953 short story, required reading, a sweet-sad first love that ends in the girl's death (NV: 한국민족문화대백과사전). There is a 소나기마을 literature museum. No slang. | W none, UD none. | None | Sonagi - Sky Deck Card Game (com.dksequence.sonagi), 1+ installs, in both US and KR | The story; a card game | Usable with conditions |
| 15 | Dabusi | 다붓이 | "Closely, side by side" (OD). Rare. No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Indonesian busi = spark plug; contains "abus" (minor). | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | None | Clear |
| 16 | Najigi | 나직이 | "Low, softly". No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | None | Clear |
| 17 | Olgodi | 올곧이 | "Uprightly" (OD also: "taking another's word as is"). No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Italian godi = "enjoy" (pleasant); 고디 is a Gyeongsang dialect word for a freshwater snail eaten as soup (CS), a faint food echo. | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | None | Usable with conditions |
| 18 | Solbaram | 솔바람 | "Wind through pines". NM: no page. No slang. | W none, UD none. Sol = sun in Spanish/Portuguese. | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | None | Clear |
| 19 | Nunbora | 눈보라 | "Blizzard". NM: a weather and natural-disaster page. No slang. A snowstorm cuts a warm-weather sport's season (see section 3). | W none, UD none. Nun reads as the English word (a religious sister). | None | None (Latin). Hangul 눈보라: wallpaper apps only | None | Usable with conditions |
| 20 | Narani | 나란히 | "Side by side". No slang. NM: no page (a person page was deleted for notability). | W: Lindu (a language); UD has a nonsense entry on the exact word, nothing bad. Hindi surname forms (Narayani) are distant. Sounds close to the cut Naru. | None | Latin: none (top hits Nara, Narae). Hangul: no exact-name Play app | None | Usable with conditions |
| 21 | Motungi | 모퉁이 | "Corner". NM: a disambiguation page (a Korean film and a Doraemon character). Churches and shops use 모퉁이돌 (cornerstone) as a name (NV). No slang found. | W none, UD none. Swahili mtungi (jug) is faint. | None | Latin US: no results. KR: none exact; 모퉁이뜨개방 (a knitting café app) | A film, a Doraemon character, 모퉁이돌 churches | Usable with conditions |
| 22 | Dadari | 다달이 | "Every month". Heard constantly as a subscription and fixed-cost word. No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Dadar (Mumbai district), Dadri (Indian town). | 48 results, no title with the word | Latin: none. Hangul: 다달이 (bz.bix.waldenpay, 0+ installs) and 다달이 - 월 고정비·구독 관리 (com.mintcloud.monthlybills, 1+) | None | Usable with conditions |
| 23 | Modakbul | 모닥불 | "Campfire". NM: 순우리말 page. No slang. Poet 백석 wrote a poem of this name (CS). | W none, UD none. Modak is an Indian sweet; "Kabul" echo. | One unrelated hit | modakbul - Campfire & Burn It (com.gkk.modakbul), 10+ installs, Hangul title 모닥불 - 불멍, 감정 태우기 | The poem | Usable with conditions |
| 24 | Mulsori | 물소리 | "Sound of water". No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. | None | Latin: none (top hits unrelated). Hangul 물소리 exists on iOS (sleep sounds, 0) | None | Usable with conditions |
| 25 | Hangarak | 한가락 | "A knack"; the idiom 한가락 하다 means "to be good at it". NM: the stage name of a trot singer (오한진, MBN 무명전설). No slang. | W none, UD none. Hangar. | None | Latin US: top hits Hangar, Hangman. KR: one unrelated | Trot singer 한가락 | Usable with conditions |
| 26 | Dotai | 도타이 | "Warmly, with deep affection" (OD). No slang. NM: no page. | W: French, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese headings (inflected verb forms of doter and dotar, "endow"). Japanese dōtai 胴体 = torso (CS). Sounds like "Dot AI". | iJP: DotAI Domain Manager (Utilities, 0), DotAI Agent (Business, 0) | DotAI Agent (com.dotai.agent), 10+ installs, in both US and KR searches | None | Usable with conditions |
| 27 | Gomaum | 고마움 | "Gratitude". No slang. NM: no page. | W none, UD none. Goma = sesame (Japanese), rubber or gum (Spanish/Portuguese), a city in DR Congo (CS). | None | None | None | Usable with conditions |
| 28 | Mujigae | 무지개 | "Rainbow", extremely common as a brand and place name. In Korea the rainbow is also the LGBT pride symbol and a contested political one. NM: 47-edit page, 순우리말. | W none, UD none. "Gae" is read "gay" by English speakers; "Muji" is the famous retail brand, and Muji is on the cut list. Vowel rule: "ae". | None | Latin: none (top hit MUJI KR in Korean results). Hangul: only rainbow wallpaper and puzzle apps | Muji (brand); the pride flag | Blocked |
| 29 | Galbaram | 갈바람 | "Autumn wind". NM redirects to the wind-types page. No slang (갈보 is a different, unheard word). | W none, UD none. | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | None | Clear |
| 30 | Sanbaram | 산바람 | "Mountain wind". NM: a light-novel author's pen name shares the page. No slang. | W none, UD none. | None | Latin US: none. KR: no results | A light-novel author | Usable with conditions |
2. The lead's flags, confirmed or cleared
| Flag | Finding |
|---|---|
| Sinbaram, "sin" first | Confirmed, but mild. English readers split sin + bar + ram, and "Sinbad" is near. Respelling Shinbaram (9 letters, one over the target): iTunes US/KR/JP have no app named Shinbaram or Sinbaram. In Korean, 신바람 is a crowded register: singer 신바람 이박사, a BTOB track, an old LG Twins slogan, and 신바람 대리운전 apps. Stage 2 should read KIPRIS rows hard. |
| Holgabun, Holga | Confirmed. The first five letters are the toy-camera brand. The whole word is different, but KIPO compares by sound, so stage 2 should check HOLGA in class 9. No app is named Holgabun at scale. A Play app named 홀가분 exists with 1+ installs. |
| Obusi, Obut | Cleared as a meaning block, kept as an echo. Obut is a boules and pétanque goods brand (CS). It has no app on the three iTunes storefronts. "Obusi" and "Obut" differ in the end sound, and Obut sells sports goods (a neighbouring class), so stage 2 should look at sound-alike marks. |
| Dotai, torso | Confirmed: Japanese 胴体 dōtai is "torso". The bigger issue is that "doh-TIE" is heard as "Dot AI", and two DotAI apps exist (iOS, Play 10+ installs). It also has four foreign Wiktionary headings. The weakest "usable" word in the list. |
| Dadari, monthly | Confirmed as a weakness: 다달이 is a subscription word, and two Play apps carry it as the exact name (tiny: 0+ and 1+ installs). A dues-tracking club app that wears the word for "monthly" is descriptive. Ranks last among the "usable". |
| Bibaram and Nunbora, storm and blizzard | Confirmed as a soft negative: storm and blizzard are the weather that cancels tennis. 비바람 also means "hardship" in idiom. It cuts both ways: a club that plays through a storm. Garangbi, Sonagi, Mulbora (drizzle, shower, spray) carry a rain-out echo too. Nunbora is the worst fit (a snowstorm in a warm-weather sport). |
| Sonagi and Mujigae | Sonagi: the famous story (sweet, ends in death), a card-game app with the exact name (1+ installs), and the rain-out echo. It is a usable condition, not a block, because the word is plain weather. Mujigae: blocked. The pride-flag association is loaded in Korea, English speakers read "gay", and "Muji" is the brand and a cut word. It also breaks the vowel rule. |
| Motungi, "corner" slang | No slang found in Naver, Namu or 우리말샘. Known uses: a film, a Doraemon character, and 모퉁이돌 (cornerstone) as the name of churches and shops. |
| Gomaum, how it reads abroad | Reads "goh-MAH-oom". The only echo is goma (sesame in Japanese, gum or rubber in Spanish and Portuguese, a city in DR Congo). Harmless, but the sesame echo is a small food hint against the owner's no-food rule. |
| Modakbul and Dalmaji, good echoes | Modakbul: a campfire gathering (MT and camp culture) is a true gathering echo, and a poem by 백석 shares the word. The exact-name app (10+ installs) is the condition. Dalmaji: a folk full-moon ritual is a true community echo. Conditions: a Play phrasebook app with 1K+ installs, and the Busan cafe street 달맞이길, which makes it a place name for many Koreans. |
3. Reading the syllables for hidden words
Checked against the common Korean profanities (시발, 병신, 지랄, 씹, 좆, 갈보 and similar) and obvious English words, across each syllable pair in Hangul and in the Latin spelling as read by an English speaker.
| Word | Result |
|---|---|
| Sinbaram, Silbaram, Solbaram, Galbaram, Sanbaram, Bibaram, Olbaro | No bad Korean word across the syllables; none of them yields 시발. The shared 바람 is the weather word; standing alone 바람 can mean "infidelity", but not inside these compounds. |
| Sabujak | Korean 사부 (master) + 부작 clips fine. Latin "Sabu" = Indonesian meth slang (see table). |
| Obusi, Dabusi | "Obus" and "abus" are near the English word "abuse" only in letters, not in sound. Korean 부시 = "Bush" (the surname) is a faint homophone of the middle syllables. |
| Dalmaji, Narani, Najigi, Olgodi, Doldari, Mulbora, Nunbora, Garangbi, Motungi, Modakbul, Mulsori, Dadari | No bad Korean word. English splits are harmless (Dal-ma-ji, Gar-ang-bi, Mo-tung-i, Doll-dari). |
| Hangarak | "Hang-a-rak": no bad word. "Hangar" is the aircraft shed. |
| Dotai | Reads "Dot-AI" in English (see above). |
| Mujigae | 무지 (ignorance) hides in the first two syllables; "gae" is 개 (dog) in Korean and "gay" in English. |
| Gomaum | 고마 + 움; "go mum" in English. Harmless. |
4. Clipped forms
Nothing in this round is a clipped form. The roots stage 1 marked "root-only in SD" are different: Holgabun (홀가분) and Sabujak (사부작) exist as roots of 홀가분하다 and 사부작거리다. Both are heard as natural standalone words (Naver's 어학사전 lists them as roots, but Koreans use 홀가분 as a noun-like "feeling lighter" in books and campaigns, and 사부작 appears in headlines such as "사부작, 차곡차곡"). Neither is a half-word to a Korean ear.
5. Output list
Meaning-clear
Clear:
- Biroso 비로소
- Silbaram 실바람
- Solbaram 솔바람
- Galbaram 갈바람
- Najigi 나직이
- Dabusi 다붓이
Usable with conditions (the condition after each dash):
- Nanari 나날이: Play and iOS app 나날이 (AI diary, 50+ installs, 5 iOS ratings); tiny, unrelated category.
- Holgabun 홀가분: Holga camera sound-alike in class 9; Play 홀가분 app with 1+ installs.
- Dalmaji 달맞이: Play phrasebook app, 1K+ installs, unrelated category; Busan place name.
- Sinbaram 신바람: crowded Korean trade-name register; "sin" read in English.
- Sabujak 사부작: "sabu" is Indonesian meth slang; tetralogy sense (四部作).
- Olbaro 올바로: the national waste system 올바로시스템 (industry-facing).
- Bibaram 비바람: Stray Kids song; rain-out echo.
- Obusi 오붓이: near Obut (boules goods).
- Doldari 돌다리: the 1943 story; the over-caution proverb.
- Mulbora 물보라: a drama, a character, a song.
- Garangbi 가랑비: a YouTuber; Indonesian garang.
- Sonagi 소나기: the famous story with a death ending; card-game app (1+ installs); rain-out echo.
- Olgodi 올곧이: 고디 snail-soup echo; "Godi" reads oddly.
- Nunbora 눈보라: blizzard in a warm-weather sport; "nun".
- Narani 나란히: Hangul couples app (0 ratings); sound near the cut Naru.
- Motungi 모퉁이: 모퉁이돌 churches and shops; tiny Hangul apps.
- Dadari 다달이: descriptive for a dues feature; two tiny Play apps with the exact name.
- Modakbul 모닥불: exact-name app on both stores (Play 10+ installs, iOS 0 ratings).
- Mulsori 물소리: a tiny Hangul sleep-sounds app.
- Hangarak 한가락: a trot singer's stage name; the idiom "good at it" brushes the sport.
- Dotai 도타이: reads as "Dot AI"; DotAI apps; Japanese 胴体 (torso). Weakest of the list.
- Gomaum 고마움: sesame and gum echoes abroad.
- Sanbaram 산바람: a light-novel author's pen name.
Blocked: Mujigae 무지개 (pride-flag association loaded in Korea, "gae" read as "gay", Muji prefix, vowel-rule exception, and a very common brand word).
6. Queries to re-run
Replace <word> with the Latin spelling and <hangul> with its URL-encoded Hangul.
bash
# Wiktionary (level-1 language headings); a 429 means retry later, and the title must be lowercase
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse&prop=sections&format=json&page=<word>"
# Urban Dictionary
curl -s "https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?term=<word>"
# Japanese App Store, 3 s apart
curl -s "https://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&limit=50&country=jp&term=<word>"
# Google Play, parse the first text after each details?id= link; "No results for" = none
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=<word>&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US"
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=<word>&c=apps&hl=ko&gl=KR"
# Play installs (the "Downloads" figure on the details page)
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package>&hl=en&gl=US"
# Naver dictionary box and slang query (then strip the query words before matching 은어, 비속어, 논란)
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=<hangul>+%EB%9C%BB"
# 나무위키, follow redirects
curl -sL -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://namu.wiki/w/<hangul>"
# 우리말샘
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0" "https://opendict.korean.go.kr/search/searchResult?query=<hangul>"Extra checks run: Naver searches for 올바로 시스템, 달맞이길 해운대, 신바람 이박사, 소나기 황순원, 모퉁이돌, 한가락 하다; iTunes US/KR/JP for shinbaram, sinbaram, obut, holga; Play KR Hangul searches for 신바람, 소나기, 무지개, 모닥불, 달맞이, 다달이, 모퉁이, 비바람, 눈보라, 나날이, 오붓이, 돌다리, 홀가분.