Instructions: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Input: Sentence 1:Shoji is getting closer to Sachiko , and Hachi still does n't know . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Yasu makes an important decision to rejoin Blast as their percussionist .
Output:
meanwhile