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2 2 1 1
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1 6 1 5 5 8 6 8 7
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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6 3 1 3 6 4 1 3 6 4
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1 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 9 4
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1 5 5 8 9 8 8
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1 1000000
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3 13 9 8 3 13 9 14
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.TreeSet;

public class Solution {

	static InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
	static OutputWriter out = new OutputWriter(System.out);
	static int exp = (int) (1e9);
	static int mod = (int) (1e9 + 7);

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int n = in.nextInt();
		int k = in.nextInt();
		int[] arr = new int[n];

		TreeSet<Integer> ts = new TreeSet<>();

		int dead = 0;

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			arr[i] = in.nextInt();
			ts.add(arr[i]);
		}

		for (Integer v : arr) {
			if (ts.last() > v && v + k >= ts.higher(v)) {
				dead++;
			}
		}

		System.out.println(n - dead);

	}

}

class OutputWriter {
	public PrintWriter writer;

	public OutputWriter(OutputStream outputStream) {
		writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream)));
	}

	public OutputWriter(Writer writer) {
		this.writer = new PrintWriter(writer);
	}

	public void print(Object... objects) {
		for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
			if (i != 0)
				writer.print(' ');
			writer.print(objects[i]);
		}
	}

	public void println(Object... objects) {
		print(objects);
		writer.println();
	}

	public void close() {
		writer.close();
	}
}

class InputReader {
	private BufferedReader reader;
	private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

	public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
		reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
		tokenizer = null;
	}

	public String next() {
		while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
			try {
				tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());

			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
		return tokenizer.nextToken();
	}

	public String readLine() {
		try {
			return reader.readLine();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public char nextChar() {
		return next().charAt(0);
	}

	public int nextInt() {
		return Integer.parseInt(next());
	}

	public long nextLong() {
		return Long.parseLong(next());
	}

	public double nextDouble() {
		return Double.parseDouble(next());
	}

	public float nextFloat() {
		return Float.parseFloat(next());
	}

}