降ふり積つむ

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

fall and pile up; lie thick

Poetic or literary verb describing snow, leaves, or similar things falling and accumulating. Often used in descriptive or emotive contexts. Compare with the more common 降り積もる.

See also: 降り積もる

• 雪ゆきが静しずかに降ふり積つむ夜よるだった。

  It was a night when snow quietly fell and piled up.

• 落おち葉ばが庭にわに降ふり積つんで、秋あきの深ふかまりを感かんじさせる。

  Fallen leaves lie thick in the garden, evoking the deepening of autumn.