| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp. | n general principle | 一般原則 (いっぱんげんそく) |
| rel., budd. | general principle | 理 news1 nf02 (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) |
| gen. | n general principle | 基本原則 (きほんげんそく) |
| phys. | general principle of relativity | 一解相対性原理 (いっぱん・そうたいせい・げんり) |