politics

a puppet / (history) Synonym of 傀儡子 (kugutsushi, “wandering street puppeteer”) / a puppetmaster / a geisha / a prostitute

a puppet / Synonym of 傀儡師 (kairaishi, “puppetmaster”)

merely; no more than

negative of 過ぎる (sugiru) [ichidan]

not excessive; not too much / not beyond; not over

to pass by, to pass through; to go beyond / to elapse; to exceed / (auxiliary) too, too much (verb)

over-, too much / after, past

past, after / too, too much / in/to excess, overdoing something

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend