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In English, when we have three or more items, only the last "and" is kept, and
the rest are omitted.

> I like fish, curry, sausage, and honey.

What is the standard way to list multiple items in Japanese?
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Listing three or more items
As stated in
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/17732/can-%E3%81%A8-and-%E3%82%84-be-
used-in-a-sentence-for-a-list-of-things) other answer,

> 趣味はスキー **や** ゴルフ、英語と日本語の勉強、カラオケなどです
>
> When making longer lists of things, Japanese typically works, unsurprisingly
> perhaps, in the reverse of English, with further conjunctions omitted.

Notice that "や" is only attached to the first element, and omitted afterwards.

You can see another example of this in
[this](http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10010522221000/k10010522221000.html)
article:

> アメリカ **や** イギリス、フランスなど７つの国の大統領や首相が集まる会議
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