#![allow(unused_imports, dead_code, unused_macros, unused_variables, non_snake_case, unused_parens)]
use proconio::{input,marker::{Bytes, Chars, Usize1,Isize1}};
use std::ops::*;
use std::cmp::*;
use std::mem::swap;
use std::collections::*;

const MOD:u64 = 1_000_000_007;
const INF:i64 = 0x3fff_ffff_ffff_ffff;

macro_rules! min {($a:expr $(,)*) => {{$a}};($a:expr, $b:expr $(,)*) => {{std::cmp::min($a, $b)}};($a:expr, $($rest:expr),+ $(,)*) => {{std::cmp::min($a, min!($($rest),+))}};}
macro_rules! max {($a:expr $(,)*) => {{$a}};($a:expr, $b:expr $(,)*) => {{std::cmp::max($a, $b)}};($a:expr, $($rest:expr),+ $(,)*) => {{std::cmp::max($a, max!($($rest),+))}};}
macro_rules! chmin {($base:expr, $($cmps:expr),+ $(,)*) => {{let cmp_min = min!($($cmps),+);if $base > cmp_min {$base = cmp_min;true} else {false}}};}
macro_rules! chmax {($base:expr, $($cmps:expr),+ $(,)*) => {{let cmp_max = max!($($cmps),+);if $base < cmp_max {$base = cmp_max;true} else {false}}};}
macro_rules! mulvec {($x:expr; $s:expr) => {vec![$x; $s]};($x:expr; $s0:expr; $( $s:expr );+) => {mulvec![vec![$x; $s0]; $( $s );+ ]};}
macro_rules! outputln {($var:expr)=>{println!("{}",$var)};($var:expr,$($vars:expr),+)=>{print!("{} ",$var);outputln!($($vars),+);};}
macro_rules! debug {($($a:expr),* $(,)*) => {eprintln!(concat!($("| ",stringify!($a), "={:?} "),*, "|"),$(&$a),*);};}


fn solve() {
    input! {
        n: usize,
		k: i64,
		X:[i64;n],
    }
    let mut dp = vec![0];
    let mut dp_max = vec![0];
	let mut l = 0;
	for &x in &X {
		while l < n && X[l]+k <= x {
			l+=1;
		}
		let ans = dp_max[l]+1;
		dp.push(ans);
		dp_max.push(ans.max(*dp_max.last().unwrap()));
	}
	outputln!(dp_max.last().unwrap());
}

fn main() {
    std::thread::Builder::new()
        .stack_size(128 * 1024 * 1024)
        .spawn(|| solve()).unwrap()
        .join().unwrap();
}