</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Assassin @ Jan 31 2004, 08:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (villin &#064; Jan 31 2004, 05:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Everyone calls him Hokage-sama, Sandaime, or Sarutobi-sensei. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
sandaime? is that another title? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
It means he&#39;s the third hokage.

i.e. san=three

Just like the 4th hokage was called yondaime.

Its a japanese thing.