篠しのを突つく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

rain heavily; pour down; pound down

Describes rain falling in thick, driving sheets, as if piercing the ground like bamboo arrows. Often used in literary or dramatic descriptions of heavy rain. Note: sometimes mistakenly used to mean 'to fall quietly', which is incorrect.

• 夕ゆう立だちが篠しのを突つくように降ふり始はじめた。

  An evening shower began to pour down in sheets.

• 篠しのを突つく雨あめの中なかを歩あるいて帰かえった。

  I walked home through the driving rain.