#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<atcoder/all>
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<long long> vl;
typedef vector<vector<int>> vvi;
typedef vector<vector<long long>> vvl;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const modint& a) {os << a.val(); return os;}
template <int m> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const static_modint<m>& a) {os << a.val(); return os;}
template <int m> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const dynamic_modint<m>& a) {os << a.val(); return os;}
template<typename T> istream& operator>>(istream& is, vector<T>& v){int n = v.size(); assert(n > 0); rep(i, n) is >> v[i]; return is;}
template<typename U, typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<U, T>& p){os << p.first << ' ' << p.second; return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& v){int n = v.size(); rep(i, n) os << v[i] << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : " "); return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<vector<T>>& v){int n = v.size(); rep(i, n) os << v[i] << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : ""); return os;}

template<typename T> void chmin(T& a, T b){a = min(a, b);}
template<typename T> void chmax(T& a, T b){a = max(a, b);}

const int e9 = 1000000000;

int main(){
	int n, k;
	cin >> n >> k;
	assert(1 <= n && n <= 300000);
	assert(1 <= k && k <= e9);
	vector<int> a(n);
	cin >> a;
	{
		vector<int> a_sorted = a;
		sort(a_sorted.begin(), a_sorted.end());
		assert(a == a_sorted);
		rep(i, n) assert(-e9 <= a[i] && a[i] <= e9);
		rep(i, n - 1) assert(a[i] != a[i + 1]);
	}
	int ans = 0;
	int before = 0;
	rep(i, n){
		if(i == 0){
			ans++;
			before = a[i];
		}else{
			if(a[i] < before + k) continue;
			before = a[i];
			ans++;
		}
	}
	cout << ans << "\n";
	return 0;
}