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過去最少 (かこさいしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

過か去こ最さい少しょう

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Meanings

1

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.

Kanji

過overdo, exceed, go beyond
去gone, past, quit
最utmost, most, extreme
少few, little

Related words

過か去こ最さい高こう
Means 'record-high' or 'highest ever', the opposite of 過去最少.
史し上じょう最さい低てい
Also means 'lowest in history', but 過去最少 is more neutral and statistical, while 史上最低 can sound more dramatic.

Built from

過か去こ+最さい少しょう

Etymology

Compound of 過去 (past, past records) and 最少 (fewest, minimum). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a straightforward modern compound used in statistical contexts.