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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

/**
 * @author thesparkboy
 *
 */
public class A2 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
		OutputWriter out = new OutputWriter(System.out);
		int n = in.readInt();
		int K = in.readInt();
		long ans = 0;
		int arr[] = new int[n];
		for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
			arr[j] = in.readInt();
		}
		Arrays.sort(arr);
		int count = n;
		for (int p = 0; p < n; p++) {
			int i = arr[p];
			int s = i + K;
			int idx = Arrays.binarySearch(arr, s);
			if (idx < 0) {
				idx = Math.abs(idx + 1);
				if (idx == n) {
					idx--;
				}
			}
			if (arr[idx] > arr[p] && arr[idx] - arr[p] <= K) {
				//System.out.println(arr[idx] + " " + arr[p]);
				count -= (idx - p);
				p = idx - 1;
			}
		}
		System.out.println(count);
		out.close();
	}

	private static class InputReader {
		private InputStream stream;
		private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
		private int curChar;
		private int numChars;

		public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
			this.stream = stream;
		}

		public int read() {
			if (numChars == -1)
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			if (curChar >= numChars) {
				curChar = 0;
				try {
					numChars = stream.read(buf);
				} catch (IOException e) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				if (numChars <= 0)
					return -1;
			}
			return buf[curChar++];
		}

		public long readLong() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			long sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			long res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}

		public int readInt() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			int sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			int res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}

		public String readString() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();
			do {
				res.appendCodePoint(c);
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res.toString();
		}

		static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
			return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
		}

		public String next() {
			return readString();
		}
	}

	private static class OutputWriter {
		private final PrintWriter writer;

		public OutputWriter(OutputStream outputStream) {
			writer = new PrintWriter(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 printLine(Object... objects) {
			print(objects);
			writer.println();
		}

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