What does 応用 mean?
応用 is a Japanese noun meaning “application, put to practical use” in English. It can also be translated as “applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)” depending on context. It is written as 応用 in kanji, おうよう in hiragana, and ouyou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
この論文では生物学におけるエメット理論の応用については扱わない。
We are not concerned in this paper with the application of Emmet's theory in biology.