as a rule;  in general;  in principle;  basically;  essentially;  fundamentally
 overriding principle;  main principle;  great principle
 fundamental principle;  basic principle;  general principle
 general principles;  broad principles
 Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
 Three Principles on arms exports
 smoking-free principle;  no-smoking rule;  smoking ban;  ban on smoking
 clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)
 principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next
 Polluter Pays Principle;  PPP
 corporate accounting principles
 ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
 benefit principle (of taxation)
 precautionary principle;  precautionary approach
 Koch's postulates;  Koch's laws