爪牙(そうが)claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man

殺人(さつじん)鬼(き)が爪牙(そうが)を研(と)いでいます。

The murderer is sharpening his claws and fangs. {claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man}

爪牙(そうが)があの君主(くんしゅ)の身(み)を守(まも)っているそうだ。

It seems that the claws and fangs are protecting that monarch's body. {claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man}

僕(ぼく)は今(いま)までに何(なん)度(ど)も爪牙(そうが)に命(いのち)を救(すく)われました。

I have been saved by the skin of my teeth many times up until now. {claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man}

爪牙(そうが)を研(と)いでいるあのトラは狩(か)りをする準備(じゅんび)が万端(ばんたん)である。

That tiger over there, sharpening its claws and fangs, is fully prepared to hunt. {claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man}

連続(れんぞく)殺人(さつじん)鬼(き)の爪牙(そうが)にかかったあの女性(じょせい)はさぞ無念(むねん)を感(かん)じたことだろう。

That woman who fell into the clutches of the serial killer must have felt a great deal of regret. {claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man}