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
 Polluter Pays Principle;  PPP
 corporate accounting principles
 principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next
 clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)
 ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
 benefit principle (of taxation)
 precautionary principle;  precautionary approach
 Koch's postulates;  Koch's laws