While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
羅針盤の針は常に北を示す。
The compass pointer always seeks north.
方針は2つの意見の間をあれこれとぐらついた。
The policy fluctuated between two opinions.
母は針仕事で忙しかった。
変な魚が針にかかっている。
A strange fish is on the hook.
富んでいるものが神の国に入るよりは、らくだが針の穴を通る方がもっと易しい。
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.