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山田さんの声が後ろから降ってきたのだ。
山田's voice came falling from behind.

What is the nuance implied by 降る here?

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  • It might also be pointing to the altitudinal difference between the two.(e.g., Yamada standing behind the speaker, who was sitting or lying)
    – goldbrick
    Commented Nov 23, 2015 at 0:02

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  1. 後ろから山田さんの声がしたのだ。
  2. 後ろから山田さんの声が聞こえたのだ。
  3. 後ろから山田さんの声が降ってきたのだ。

Putting aside the fact that the sentence 3 is uncommon and a bit literary, the semantic nuance of the sentence 3, if any, is that the voice came unexpectedly and suddenly.

A figurative expression "空から降ってきたような話" means "sudden and unexpected offer". There's an idiomatic phrase 降って湧く which means "(something) happens suddenly and unexpectedly".

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