過か去こ最さい多た

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

highest ever; record-high; most on record

Used in news and formal contexts to describe a number or amount that is the highest since records began. Often modifies a following noun with の.

• 今年ことしの夏なつの気き温おんは過か去こ最さい多たを更こう新しんした。

  This summer's temperatures hit a record high.

• 過か去こ最さい多たの応おう募ぼがあった。

  There were a record number of applications.