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Translation

• Context: Uzaki Hitomi 宇崎瞳 explains what is Killing Bites.
• {kiba no surudoi} hou ga katsu
  牙の鋭い方が勝つ
  The side [whose] {fangs are sharp} wins.
  The one with the sharpest fangs wins.
  • no の - subject marker.
• sore ga "Kiringu Baitsu" da
  それが「牙闘」だ
  That is "Killing Bites."
  • In the manga, "killing bites," kiringu baitsu キリングバイツ, is spelled with the kanji for "fang," kiba 牙 and "to fight," tatakau 闘う, so literally "fang-fight." This is called gikun 義訓.