use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, Stdin};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::string::String;

#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
}

fn scanner() -> Scanner<Stdin> {
    Scanner::new(io::stdin())
}

impl<R: io::Read> Scanner<R> {
    pub fn new(read: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        Scanner {
            reader: BufReader::new(read),
        }
    }

    pub fn next_str(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        let mut buf = [0; 1];
        let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
        if size == 0 {
            None
        } else {
            self.skip_whitespace(&mut buf)?;
            let mut v = vec![buf[0]];
            loop {
                let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
                if size == 0 || buf[0].is_ascii_whitespace() {
                    break;
                }
                v.push(buf[0]);
            }
            Some(String::from_utf8(v).unwrap())
        }
    }

    pub fn next_line(&mut self) -> String {
        let mut line = String::new();
        self.reader.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line
    }

    pub fn next_vec<S: FromStr>(&mut self, size: i32) -> Vec<S> {
        let mut v: Vec<S> = vec![];
        for _ in 0..size {
            let token = self.next_str().unwrap();
            v.push(S::from_str(&token).ok().unwrap());
        }
        v
    }

    pub fn next_as<S: FromStr>(&mut self) -> Option<S> {
        let s = self.next_str()?;
        S::from_str(&s).ok()
    }

    pub fn str(&mut self) -> String {
        self.next_str().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn i32(&mut self) -> i32 {
        self.next_as::<i32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
        self.next_as::<u32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn i64(&mut self) -> i64 {
        self.next_as::<i64>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
        self.next_as::<u64>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn f32(&mut self) -> f32 {
        self.next_as::<f32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn f64(&mut self) -> f64 {
        self.next_as::<f64>().unwrap()
    }

    fn skip_whitespace(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> Option<u8> {
        loop {
            if !buf[0].is_ascii_whitespace() {
                return Some(buf[0]);
            }
            let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
            if size == 0 {
                return None;
            }
        }
    }
}

fn main() {
    let mut sc = scanner();
    let n = sc.i32();
    let k = sc.i32();
    let x = sc.next_vec::<i32>(n);
    let mut ans = vec![x[0]; 1];
    for i in 1..n as usize {
        if x[i] >= ans.last().unwrap() + k {
            ans.push(x[i]);
        }
    }
    println!("{}", ans.len());
}