#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void __print(int x) { cout << x; }
void __print(long x) { cout << x; }
void __print(long long x) { cout << x; }
void __print(unsigned x) { cout << x; }
void __print(unsigned long x) { cout << x; }
void __print(unsigned long long x) { cout << x; }
void __print(float x) { cout << x; }
void __print(double x) { cout << x; }
void __print(long double x) { cout << x; }
void __print(char x) { cout << '\'' << x << '\''; }
void __print(const char *x) { cout << '\"' << x << '\"'; }
void __print(const string &x) { cout << '\"' << x << '\"'; }
void __print(bool x) { cout << (x ? "true" : "false"); }
template <typename T, typename V>
void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {
  cout << '{';
  __print(x.first);
  cout << ',';
  __print(x.second);
  cout << '}';
}
template <typename T>
void __print(const T &x) {
  int f = 0;
  cout << '{';
  for (auto &i : x) cout << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i);
  cout << "}";
}
void _print() { cout << "]\n"; }
template <typename T, typename... V>
void _print(T t, V... v) {
  __print(t);
  if (sizeof...(v)) cout << ", ";
  _print(v...);
}
void OFFLINE() {}
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
int main() {
  std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  cout.tie(NULL);
  ;
  OFFLINE();
  int n, k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  vector<int> arr(n), dp(n, 1);
  for (auto &x : arr) cin >> x;
  for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
      if (abs(arr[i] - arr[j]) <= k) {
        dp[i] = max(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
      }
    }
  }
  int answer = *max_element((dp).begin(), (dp).end());
  cout << answer << "\n";
  return 0;
}
