Someone (who looks) like 〜

Hi everyone,

Last time, I wrote about my students' answers to the following question:
     What kind of person do you want to marry? (どんな人と結婚したいのですか。)
Among the answers we studied was the following:
     Someone who likes music. (音楽が好きな人。)
This pattern is very useful because the verb "likes" can be followed by any noun (名詞), even a proper noun (固有名詞). For example:
     Someone who likes Hugh Jackman. (ヒュー・ジャックマンが好きな人。)

Feel free to use the "Someone who likes 〜" pattern when talking about people's preferences (好み), but please be careful. For there are other patterns using "like" which have different meanings.

One similar pattern is: Someone like Hugh Jackman. (ヒュー・ジャックマンみたいな人。)
Another is: Someone who looks like Hugh Jackman. (ヒュー・ジャックマンに似ている人。)

"Someone like 〜" is often (but not always) talking about personality (性格) rather than looks (外見). "Someone who looks like 〜" is always referring to one's appearance (外見).

Take care,

Alan