in reply to hashes with arrays

You're already halfway to YAML . . . 

my $ref = YAML::Syck::Load( <<'EOT' );
---
Honda:
  - Civic
  - Accord
Toyota:
  - Camry
  - Corolla
  - Tundra
Nissan:
  - Maxima
EOT

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