過か去こ最さい少しょう

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

record-low; fewest ever; fewest on record

Used in formal contexts such as news reports and official statistics to describe the lowest number ever recorded.

• 今年ことしの交こう通つう事じ故こ死し者しゃ数すうは過か去こ最さい少しょうとなった。

  The number of traffic fatalities this year was the fewest on record.

• 出しゅっ生しょう数すうが過か去こ最さい少しょうを更こう新しんした。

  The number of births hit a new record low.