import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
	
	public Main() {
		FastScanner scanner = new FastScanner();
		int N = scanner.nextInt();
		int K = scanner.nextInt();
		
		int[] A = new int[N];
		IntStream.range(0, N).forEach( i-> A[i] = scanner.nextInt());
		
		TreeMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> TM = new TreeMap<>();
		IntStream.range(0, N).forEach( i -> {
			if ( TM.containsKey(A[i]) ) {
				TM.get(A[i]).add(i);
			} else {
				ArrayList<Integer> T = new ArrayList<>();
				T.add(i);
				TM.put(A[i], T);
			}
		});
		
		int[] DP = new int[N];
		Arrays.fill(DP,1);
		IntStream.range(0, N-1).forEach( i -> {
			for (Entry<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> entry : TM.subMap(A[i]-K, A[i]+K+1).entrySet()) {
				for (int index : entry.getValue()){
					if (i < index)
						DP[index] = Math.max(DP[index], DP[i]+1);
				}
			}
		});
		System.out.println(DP[N-1]);
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		new Main();
	}
}

class FastScanner {
	private final InputStream in = System.in;
	private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
	private int ptr = 0;
	private int buflen = 0;
	
	private boolean hasNextByte() {
		if (ptr < buflen) {
			return true;
		} else {
			ptr = 0;
			try {
				buflen = in.read(buffer);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if (buflen <= 0) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	private int readByte() {
		if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++];
		else return -1;
	}
	
	private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
		return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
	}
	
	public boolean hasNext() {
		while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
		return hasNextByte();
	}
	
	public String next() {
		if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		int b = readByte();
		while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}
	
	public long nextLong() {
		if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
		long n = 0;
		boolean minus = false;
		int b = readByte();
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
			throw new NumberFormatException();
		}
		while (true) {
			if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
				n *= 10;
				n += b - '0';
			} else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
				return minus ? -n : n;
			} else {
				throw new NumberFormatException();
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
	
	public int nextInt() {
		long nl = nextLong();
		if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
		return (int) nl;
	}
	
	public double nextDouble() {
		return Double.parseDouble(next());
	}
}
