The Japanese word for to hold is
持つ

Japanese Definition

hold
1. 動詞. 持つ、つかむ、握る。(類義語: grasp, grip)
Hold the pencil like this.
2. 動詞. 含む。(類義語: contain, store)
This package holds six bottles.
3. 動詞. ～を所有している。
Hold my coat for me.
4. 動詞. 取っておく、予約する。押さえる。(類義語: reserve)
Hold a table for us at 7:00.
5. 動詞. ～を待たせる、遅れさせる。
Hold the elevator.
6. 動詞. 拘留する。(類義語: detain)
Hold the suspect in this cell.
7. 名詞. 保有。
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
8. 名詞. 予約。
We have a hold here for you.
9. 名詞. （レスリング用語）ホールド。
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
10. 名詞. （しばしばcargo holdで）貨物室
Put that in the hold.

持つ
1. v. to hold, to carry something
コートを持ちましょうか。 - Shall I hold your coat?
2. v. to have, to possess
パスポートは持った？ - Have you got your passport?
お金をいくら持っていますか。 - How much money do you have?
私はお金を持っていない。 - I don't have any money.
自転車を持っていない。 - I don't have a bicycle.
車は持っていませんが、自転車なら持っています。 - I don't have a car, but I have a bicycle.
3. v. to hold up, to maintain
精神が持たない - can't withstand the pressure
心臓が持たない - my heart can't take it

掴む
1. v. (ja-vp, 掴む, 掴まる)
2. v. (from 850) to grab
3. v. (from 850) to grip, take hold of
4. v. (from 1724) to accept (a bribe)
5. v. (from 1701) to abduct, kidnap
6. v. (from 1897) to capture, grasp (imagination, hearts, opportunities, etc.)

握る
1. v. to grasp, to grip, to hold
手を握る - to shake hands
2. v. to seize, to take hold of
実権を握る - to seize power
3. v. to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape
寿司を握る - to make sushi

止める
1. v. (ja-vp, 止める, 止まる, とめる, とまる)
2. v. to stop
車を止める - to stop one's car
攻撃を止めない - to not stop one's attacks
自動%更新を止める - to stop an update
3. v. to focus on
4. v. to bear in mind
5. v. to set in place
6. v. to park
7. v. (calligraphy) to write as a thrown stroke to the bottom right (㇔)
(cot, ja, 払う)
8. v. (ja-vp, 止める, 止む, やめる, やむ)
9. v. to stop, to terminate, to cease, to discontinue, to quit
タバコを止めるのは大変です。 - Quitting smoking is difficult.
やめろ。／やめてください。 - command, polite / Stop it. q, command, polite
仕事を辞める - to quit one's job
10. v. to abolish, to do away with
11. v. Usage: * Usually written in hiragana, as やめる.
12. v. Usage: * The sense "to quit a job" uses the homonym 辞める.
13. v. (ja-vp, 止める, 止まる, とどめる, とどまる)
14. v. alternative form of ja 留める

保持する
1. to keep

擁する
1. v. have, possess

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