How to say "holder" in Japanese

• ホルダーCommon
  nounA holder as a physical object or device, something made to grip or contain an item. The natural choice when you simply mean 'a holder' for pens, cards, and the like.
• 台だいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Choose 台 when 'holder' means a stand, base, or pedestal: an object rests on it and is supported from below rather than being gripped or enclosed.
  この台だいの上うえに花瓶かびんを置おいてはいけません。↗

  Please don't place a vase on this stand.
• 持ちもちJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)This is seldom the word you want for 'holder': it denotes the act or state of having, holding, possessing, or owning something, not a holder as an object or device.
  腰痛ようつう持もちです。↗

  I have back problems.

Use 「ホルダー」 for a holder as a physical object or device, 台 when it means a stand, base, or pedestal that supports something, and rarely 「持ち」, which concerns having or holding rather than a holder itself.

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• ホルダーholder
• 台だいstand
• 持ちもちhaving
• 保持者ほじしゃholder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
• 保有者ほゆうしゃowner
• 所持人しょじにんbearer
• 所蔵者しょぞうしゃowner
• 入れいれcontainer
• 置き台おきだいstand
• 加入者かにゅうしゃaffiliate
• かけhanger
• 持ち手もちてholder
• 持ち方もちかたholder